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Gobler Lake State Natural Area

Gobler Lake State Natural Area from directly overhead

Gobler Lake State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 469 m. Timms Hill stands 595 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

Gobler Lake contains a large open bog and a soft water bog lake and includes a geologically significant esker within the natural area. Gobler Lake is a 20-acre, muck-bottomed bog lake with slightly acidic water of moderate transparency and a maximum depth

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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Getting there

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Coordinates45.64080, -89.87987
Around it

98 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 37
  • Thiesen Park: 10.3 mi
  • Minocqua Winter Park: 13.0 mi
  • Memorial Park: 13.5 mi
  • Washington Park: 13.7 mi
  • Hazlehurst Town Park: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 14
  • black-footed penguin: 18.1 mi
  • Flamingos: 18.1 mi
  • Siamang: 18.2 mi
  • River Otter: 18.2 mi
  • White-handed Gibbon: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Peaks: 8
  • Jack Pine Lookout Tower: 4.8 mi
  • Pearson Hill: 19.7 mi
  • Fred's Summit: 19.9 mi
  • Timms Hill: 20.1 mi
  • Porcupine Mountain: 21.5 mi
Museums: 7
Beaches: 5
  • Crystal Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Sara Park Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Torpy Park Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Brandy Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Hodag Beach: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • World's Largest Penny: 19.6 mi
  • Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb 7/26/1886 - 5/30/1956: 19.7 mi
  • M60A3 Patton Tank: 19.8 mi
  • Lac du Flambeau: 23.3 mi
  • Great Lakes Intertribal Council: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Dinosaurs: 12.1 mi
  • Chamber of Commerce Hodag: 22.1 mi
  • Hodag: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cedar Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Sprit Falls: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Organic Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Northwoods Community Garden: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Timms HillSW 229°594.7 m20.1 mi
Fred's SummitSW 229°584 m19.9 mi
Pearson HillSW 227°576 m19.7 mi
Spokes HillSW 223°538 m23.2 mi
Irma HillSSE 151°536 m22.8 mi
Chase HillSSE 148°534 m22.3 mi
Porcupine MountainSE 139°486 m21.5 mi
Jack Pine Lookout TowerNE 56°479 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3319:12
June solstice05:1120:0720:53
September equinox06:4718:2018:59
December solstice07:3815:2916:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111425385262676457443018
Precip in1.11.01.62.83.54.54.23.63.53.31.91.4

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

Wildlife nearby
  • round-leaved sundew2 obs
  • swamp candles1 obs
  • Steeplebush1 obs
  • purple pitcher plant1 obs
  • marsh cinquefoil1 obs
  • Horned Bladderwort1 obs
  • American Toad1 obs
  • common bladderwort1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/373339735

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