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Flora Spring Pond State Natural Area

Flora Spring Pond State Natural Area from directly overhead

Flora Spring Pond State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 413 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 583 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxbow Rapids Upper Wolf River State Natural Area, a park 1.4 miles away. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

Flora Spring Pond features a spring pond, a community that is common in this area but quite uncommon in the rest of the state. The spring pond forms the headwaters of Evergreen Creek, and has excellent water quality that supports a population of brook tro

How to reach it

Coordinates45.20081, -88.80917

70 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Oxbow Rapids Upper Wolf River State Natural Area: 1.4 mi
  • Bear Caves State Natural Area: 2.7 mi
  • Clubhouse Springpond State Fishery Area: 4.7 mi
  • Upper Wolf River State Fishery Area: 4.9 mi
  • Evergreen River State Fishery Area: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Ninemile Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Kent Lookout: 4.7 mi
  • Hib's Knob: 14.0 mi
  • Hagar Mountain: 19.5 mi
  • McCaslin Mountain: 24.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
Springs: 4
  • Punchout Springs: 6.4 mi
  • McCaslin Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Hickey Springs: 19.5 mi
  • Forbes Spring: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1
  • M60A3: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • M42A1 Duster Memorial Tank: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarbush HillN 359°583 m24.7 mi
Kent LookoutNW 309°580 m4.7 mi
East HillN 351°565 m25.0 mi
McCaslin MountainNE 56°495 m24.3 mi
Ninemile HillNE 40°463 m2.9 mi
Hagar MountainE 89°356 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:08
June solstice05:0820:0220:47
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3215:2716:16

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121527415363676558453118
Precip in0.80.71.32.53.34.53.53.43.43.01.71.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antigo, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/373298151

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