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Eddy Creek Fishery Area

Eddy Creek Fishery Area from directly overhead

Eddy Creek Fishery Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 390 m. Meteor Hill stands 547 m to the south-southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Eddy Creek State Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Great Divide Highway passes 19 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates45.79920, -91.29122

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
  • Eddy Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 0.3 mi
  • Couderay Village Park: 0.8 mi
  • Beverly Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
  • Weirgor Springs State Public Hunting Grounds: 7.4 mi
  • Benson Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Meteor Hill: 9.2 mi
  • County Hill: 18.6 mi
  • Mount Atlanta: 21.1 mi
  • Bald Hill: 22.7 mi
  • Crystal Mountain: 24.2 mi
Museums: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Giant Muskie: 17.1 mi
  • Olson Road Trailhead: 18.1 mi
  • Hospital Road Trailhead: 18.1 mi
  • Water's Edge Trailhead: 18.7 mi
  • Soo Line 500: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Spooner Blows: 20.8 mi
  • Hayward Sucks: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Red Cedar Springs: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sioux Beach: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eddy Creek Fishery Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meteor HillSSW 214°547 m9.2 mi
Bald HillSSW 196°516 m22.7 mi
Mount AtlantaSSW 193°507 m21.1 mi
County HillNW 325°425 m18.6 mi
Crystal MountainW 276°381 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3819:18
June solstice05:1620:1320:59
September equinox06:5318:2519:05
December solstice07:4415:3416:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121628415463676557453119
Precip in1.31.52.23.54.65.35.14.54.33.82.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Couderay 7 W, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/875373819

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