Devil's Punchbowl
Devil's Punchbowl is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Otteson Bluff stands 383 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiel Birch Creek Preserve, a park 0.4 miles away. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kiel Birch Creek Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Bongey Park: 0.8 mi
- Galloway Creek Park: 1.5 mi
- Fowler Park: 1.7 mi
- Riverside Park: 1.7 mi
- Grove Hill: 1.3 mi
- Irvington Hill: 1.5 mi
- Brewery Hill: 1.7 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.8 mi
- Harvey Hill: 2.1 mi
- Menomonie Town Forest: 0.7 mi
- Lake Menomin Fishery Area: 6.2 mi
- Eau Galle River Wildlife Area: 8.1 mi
- Bjornson Education & Recreation Center: 8.7 mi
- Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow State Natural Area: 10.1 mi
- Wilson Place Museum: 2.5 mi
- Dunn County Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum: 4.1 mi
- Downsville Community Museum: 5.3 mi
- Woodhouse Family House: 8.7 mi
- Bell Monument: 2.0 mi
- Dunn County Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Chippewa Valley White Pine Historic Marker: 4.5 mi
- World War I Historic Marker: 4.5 mi
- Dunnville Sandstone: 8.7 mi
- Sentinel: 1.9 mi
- Woodland Spire: 1.9 mi
- Borderline: 2.0 mi
- Portal: 2.0 mi
- Gateway: 2.0 mi
- Welch Point: 10.6 mi
- Old Tyrone: 10.9 mi
- Porter's Mills: 19.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.0 mi
- Savoy: 23.0 mi
- 9/11 memorial: 1.9 mi
- UW-Sprout: 2.3 mi
- Dunn County Jail Garden: 4.3 mi
- Friendship Garden: 14.0 mi
- Forest Street Garden: 22.0 mi
- brewery nønic: 2.0 mi
- Interpretive Center: 14.3 mi
- Crystal Cave: 14.7 mi
- Historical Society Musuem: 24.6 mi
- Historical Society Museum: 24.6 mi
- Echo Rock: 3.0 mi
- Yellow Bank: 12.5 mi
- Limekiln Bluff: 19.0 mi
- 3rd Street Cliffs: 21.5 mi
- Menomonie Eastbound Rest Area 61: 4.5 mi
- Menomonie Westbound Rest Area 62: 4.6 mi
- Wayside 46-07: 13.0 mi
- Tripp Falls: 0.7 mi
- Wakanda Beach: 3.7 mi
- Beckey Spring: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Devil's Punchbowl. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otteson Bluff | NNE 15° | 383 m | 8.3 mi |
| Tuttle Hill | SW 235° | 372 m | 11.8 mi |
| Elk Mound | E 81° | 368 m | 13.1 mi |
| Nerike Hill | SSW 205° | 355 m | 23.0 mi |
| Weisinger Hill | SSW 211° | 354 m | 15.0 mi |
| Panther Hill | ENE 70° | 350 m | 12.1 mi |
| Ganoe Hill | SSW 199° | 350 m | 18.8 mi |
| Waubeek Mound | S 182° | 349 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:13 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:41 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 18 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Menomonie, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage39 obs
- common motherwort33 obs
- common buckthorn27 obs
- dame's rocket22 obs
- great blue lobelia20 obs
- great mullein18 obs
- Snakewort18 obs
- bloodroot15 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/86552229
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