Gotham Jack Pine Barrens State Natural Area
Gotham Jack Pine Barrens State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pursuit West, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Located on Wisconsin River sand terraces, Gotham Jack Pine Barrens contains the largest and best remaining black oak and Jack pine barrens in Richland County. Also present is a floodplain forest of young timber and a small, shallow oxbow lake of high wate
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Avoca Lakeside Park: 2.3 mi
- Legion Park: 2.8 mi
- Smith Slough and Sand Prairie State Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Orion Mussel Bed State Natural Area: 4.1 mi
- Battery Park: 4.3 mi
- Point Jude / Point Judith: 2.6 mi
- Bigelow Hill: 4.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 7.7 mi
- Maiden Rock: 7.9 mi
- Day Rock: 8.2 mi
- Sauk County Forest: 5.1 mi
- Bear Creek Fishing Area: 8.8 mi
- Tower Hill State Park: 12.5 mi
- Blue River Sand Barrens State Natural Area: 12.8 mi
- White Mound Park: 14.0 mi
- The Pursuit West: 0.8 mi
- Lone Rock: 4.9 mi
- Richland County Veterans' Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Barn Foundation: 12.4 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 13.4 mi
- M60A3: 2.8 mi
- House on The Rock: 10.3 mi
- Elephant Trunk Rock: 11.0 mi
- Eagle Cave: 13.4 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 14.4 mi
- Richland Museum & Visitor's Center: 10.4 mi
- Richland County History Room: 10.5 mi
- Town of Stevenson: 19.9 mi
- Boscobel Station: 22.0 mi
- Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum: 24.2 mi
- Ashford: 13.6 mi
- McGrew: 16.7 mi
- Mill Creek: 18.4 mi
- Corwin: 20.5 mi
- Henrietta: 21.7 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Enee Point: 15.7 mi
- Point Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 21.5 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 15.4 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 15.9 mi
- Mazo Beach: 23.4 mi
- Big Spring: 11.1 mi
- Spring House: 14.4 mi
- Cow: 22.3 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 24.7 mi
- Stephens Falls: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gotham Jack Pine Barrens State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | ESE 120° | 524 m | 24.8 mi |
| Happy Hill | ENE 58° | 451 m | 24.6 mi |
| Maple Hill | NE 55° | 424 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sylvan | NW 311° | 383 m | 23.0 mi |
| Johnson Hill | NNW 338° | 372 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SE 144° | 371 m | 16.6 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | SSE 154° | 366 m | 8.4 mi |
| Red Hill | WNW 302° | 366 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:43 | 16:29 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lone Rock TRI CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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