Skip to content

Greenwood Wildlife Area

Greenwood Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Greenwood Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 349 m. Friendship Mound stands 383 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwood State Wildlife Refuge, a park 0.3 miles away. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates44.09805, -89.49218

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greenwood State Wildlife Refuge: 0.3 mi
  • Marl Lake County Park: 5.4 mi
  • Curtis Lake Park: 7.3 mi
  • Lake Huron Park: 7.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 7.7 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Johns Mountain: 9.2 mi
  • Ship Rock: 10.4 mi
  • Owen's Rock: 11.0 mi
  • Lone Rock: 11.6 mi
  • Keystone Rock: 12.1 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Attractions: 7
  • The Painted Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Roseville Mini-Golf and Shops: 12.8 mi
  • Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs: 17.5 mi
  • Sand Valley Golf Resort: 18.9 mi
  • Tiny Town: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Chippy's Sports Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Friendship Beach: 18.1 mi
  • White Sands Beach: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Roche-a-Cri State Park: 17.6 mi
  • Lutheran Church 1887-1921: 21.7 mi
  • Site of the First Norwegain Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche-A-Cri: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Lion: 22.7 mi
  • World's Largest Potato Masher: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Fenrich Springs: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Karen Bingham Memorial Garden: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Friendship MoundWSW 244°383 m18.0 mi
Mosquito BluffN 356°378 m12.5 mi
Dorra Cooshe MountainWNW 290°372 m15.4 mi
Roche-a-CriWSW 248°350 m17.5 mi
The LedgeN 355°346 m13.9 mi
Mount MorrisE 85°346 m15.3 mi
Lone RockNNW 336°342 m11.6 mi
Keystone RockWNW 283°340 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1620:0120:45
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:3115:3516:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162031445766706860483422
Precip in1.11.01.93.64.24.94.14.03.32.72.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock EXP Farm, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/782882701

More nature reserves in Wisconsin

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Greenwood Wildlife Area.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens