Governor Thompson State Park
Governor Thompson State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. McCaslin Mountain stands 495 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
67 named places within 25 miles
- Old Veteran Lake Park: 2.0 mi
- Twin Bridge Park: 2.3 mi
- Twin Bridge County Park: 2.3 mi
- Twin Bridge County Park: 2.5 mi
- Bob's Landing: 7.4 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 3.6 mi
- McCaslin Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Mount Tom: 9.2 mi
- Butler Rock: 9.9 mi
- Hagar Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Spillway: 4.1 mi
- Emergancy Spillway: 4.1 mi
- Veteran's Falls: 4.6 mi
- Strong Falls: 13.8 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 15.6 mi
- High Falls Dam Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Thunder River State Rearing Station: 4.1 mi
- Forbes Springs State Natural Area: 7.6 mi
- Glocke Lake State Natural Area: 16.2 mi
- Wausaukee Timber Demo Forest: 18.3 mi
- Woods Lake Beach: 1.0 mi
- Landing 9: 2.1 mi
- Boat Landing Beach: 11.4 mi
- Left Foot Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
- Forbes Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hickey Springs: 10.1 mi
- McCaslin Spring: 23.5 mi
- Little Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Grindle Lake Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- American Legion Memorial Tank: 13.3 mi
- Half Way North: 17.0 mi
- Blueberry Point: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Governor Thompson State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCaslin Mountain | WNW 300° | 495 m | 8.8 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | WSW 240° | 428 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hagar Mountain | SW 224° | 356 m | 12.2 mi |
| Butler Rock | SSW 194° | 333 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Tom | ESE 102° | 306 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount LeBett | SSE 167° | 296 m | 19.5 mi |
| Oak Hill | E 82° | 238 m | 19.0 mi |
| Buck Hill | ENE 71° | 234 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:24 | 16:13 |
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 | 14 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 31 | 19 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crivitz High Falls, 3 mi away.
- common bracken24 obs
- sweetfern17 obs
- Rosy Maple Moth14 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee13 obs
- whorled loosestrife11 obs
- eastern white pine10 obs
- American hog-peanut10 obs
- spotted knapweed9 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/246091613
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