Glacial Passage Area
Glacial Passage Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring House, a spring 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Parks Service
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cross Plains State Park: 0.3 mi
- Ice Age Reserve Wildlife Area: 0.6 mi
- State Ice Age Trail Area: 0.7 mi
- Shoveler Sink Wildlife Production Area: 1.2 mi
- Goth Conservancy: 1.2 mi
- Cherrywood Acres Park: 1.8 mi
- Voss Park: 1.9 mi
- Pioneer Park: 2.2 mi
- Westview Park: 2.2 mi
- Vicki Ann Park: 2.4 mi
- Haney's Tavern: 2.4 mi
- Taylor M. Dunn: 5.3 mi
- Springdale Lutheran Church: 6.4 mi
- Middleton Community Veterans' Tribute: 6.6 mi
- Union Cemetery: 7.5 mi
- Forward Garden: 2.5 mi
- Native American Garden: 2.5 mi
- Theme Garden: 2.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.6 mi
- Emmett Schulte Garden: 3.9 mi
- Toy Soldier: 6.0 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 7.3 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 8.6 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 8.7 mi
- Community: 8.7 mi
- Riley Wishing Tree: 4.0 mi
- Richardson Cave: 4.4 mi
- Black Hawk's Cave: 8.6 mi
- Raymer's Ravine: 8.9 mi
- Little Norway: 9.5 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 4.2 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 7.3 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 8.0 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 8.4 mi
- Donald Rock: 8.6 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 7.4 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 8.0 mi
- Indianola Beach: 9.9 mi
- Willow Beach: 9.9 mi
- Circle Bench: 10.1 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 5.4 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- Black Earth Children's Museum: 7.7 mi
- Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 10.6 mi
- Table Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Fox Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Maple Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Spring House: 0.1 mi
- Riley Spring: 4.0 mi
- Springs: 7.2 mi
- Merrill Spring: 7.6 mi
- Big Spring: 9.2 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 10.7 mi
- Williams Knoll: 21.2 mi
- Train Car: 6.2 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 24.8 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glacial Passage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WSW 253° | 524 m | 12.5 mi |
| Happy Hill | NNW 330° | 451 m | 24.8 mi |
| Sauk Point | N 355° | 449 m | 24.1 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NNW 342° | 445 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 259° | 371 m | 24.1 mi |
| Indian Castle | W 269° | 354 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NNW 345° | 346 m | 15.1 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SSE 149° | 338 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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