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Eureka Maple Woods State Natural Area

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Eureka Maple Woods State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 294 m. Wadels Hill stands 428 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cashton Park, a park 4.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 17 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
294 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.73797, -90.86857

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cashton Park: 4.1 mi
  • Jersey Valley County Park: 4.9 mi
  • Von Ruden Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
  • Coon Creek Cliffs State Natural Area: 6.1 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock State Fishery Area: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Bunker Hill: 4.3 mi
  • McElhose Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Perkins Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Link Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Red Rock: 10.5 mi
Nature reserves: 24
  • Fish Creek: 10.1 mi
  • Coulee Experimental Forest: 10.9 mi
  • Duck Egg County Forest: 12.5 mi
  • Eagle Eye State Natural Area: 12.9 mi
  • Tunnelville Cliffs State Natural Area: 14.9 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Nation's First Watershed Project: 8.6 mi
  • Governor Rusk: 11.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 12.2 mi
  • Viroqua Area Veterans Memorial: 12.7 mi
  • Masonic Lodge: 14.5 mi
Museums: 11
  • Train Museum & Vistior Center: 6.0 mi
  • Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center, Inc.: 6.0 mi
  • Bangor & Area Historical Society: 12.2 mi
  • Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum: 14.6 mi
  • Swarthout Museum: 19.4 mi
Attractions: 10
  • M60A3: 12.2 mi
  • Bell AH-1: 12.2 mi
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 3: 13.0 mi
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 2: 16.5 mi
  • Hidden Trails Corn Maze: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 4
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Community Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Riverside International Friendship Garden: 20.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Bathtub Spring: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eureka Maple Woods State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wadels HillN 354°428 m20.0 mi
Sugarbush HillNE 47°427 m15.7 mi
Erdman HillNE 43°416 m14.3 mi
Krueger HillNNW 333°414 m18.5 mi
Wanless HillNNW 345°414 m19.1 mi
Waldness HillNNW 343°413 m18.6 mi
Heller HillNNW 342°412 m18.8 mi
Red RockNE 44°397 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3819:16
June solstice05:2220:0620:50
September equinox06:5118:2519:03
December solstice07:3515:4316:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172233475868727062493523
Precip in1.10.91.53.54.44.74.64.13.73.21.91.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cashton, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1523081389

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