Glocke Lake State Natural Area
Glocke Lake State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 400 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 583 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Barney Creek State Natural Area, a park 5.0 miles away. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
Glocke Lake is a 28-acre muck-bottomed hard water seepage bog lake with neutral, light brown water and features a large well-developed sphagnum moss, sedge, and ericad mat surrounding the lake. The mat is over 50-feet wide in places and contains several r
How to reach it
70 named places within 25 miles
- Barney Creek State Natural Area: 5.0 mi
- Mary Park: 5.9 mi
- McCaslin Mountain State Natural Area: 6.7 mi
- Jones Springs Management Area: 6.9 mi
- Snow Falls Creek State Natural Area: 7.3 mi
- McCaslin Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Hagar Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 12.0 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 13.2 mi
- Kent Lookout: 16.6 mi
- Forbes Springs State Natural Area: 8.6 mi
- Lily Springs State Fishery Area: 11.8 mi
- Thunder River State Rearing Station: 14.3 mi
- Flora Spring Pond State Natural Area: 14.8 mi
- Governor Thompson State Park: 16.2 mi
- Hickey Springs: 6.4 mi
- McCaslin Spring: 7.4 mi
- Forbes Spring: 8.7 mi
- Punchout Springs: 21.1 mi
- Backwoods Breakfast: 10.5 mi
- Logger's Site: 10.7 mi
- Grindle Lake Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Little Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Strong Falls: 16.9 mi
- Veteran's Falls: 17.8 mi
- Spillway: 18.3 mi
- Emergancy Spillway: 18.3 mi
- de Langlade: 12.6 mi
- Remembrance Area: 19.3 mi
- Northern Highland: 20.8 mi
- Landing 9: 15.8 mi
- Woods Lake Beach: 17.1 mi
- Boat Landing Beach: 17.3 mi
- FCP Cultural Center, Library & Museum: 21.1 mi
- Forest County Historical Society: 23.0 mi
- The Ledge: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glocke Lake State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarbush Hill | NW 323° | 583 m | 19.6 mi |
| Kent Lookout | WSW 248° | 580 m | 16.6 mi |
| East Hill | NW 315° | 565 m | 22.0 mi |
| West Hill | NW 313° | 531 m | 23.6 mi |
| McCaslin Mountain | ENE 63° | 495 m | 9.5 mi |
| Ninemile Hill | SW 235° | 463 m | 12.0 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | E 98° | 428 m | 13.2 mi |
| Hagar Mountain | SE 139° | 356 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:01 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:25 | 16:15 |
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 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakewood 3 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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