Headwaters Wilderness - Kimball Creek Unit
Headwaters Wilderness - Kimball Creek Unit is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 505 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 583 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Headwaters Wilderness - Headwaters Of The Pine Unit, a nature reserve 3.9 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 4.8 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Heritage Drive
61 named places within 25 miles
- Bose Lake Hemlock-Hardwoods State Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- Scott Lake-Shelp Lake State Natural Area: 5.9 mi
- Argonne Experimental Forest: 7.9 mi
- Bastile Lake State Natural Area: 10.3 mi
- Pine-Oak Grove State Natural Area: 10.8 mi
- Headwaters Wilderness - Headwaters Of The Pine Unit: 3.9 mi
- Headwaters Wilderness - Shelp Lake Unit: 4.2 mi
- Thunder Lake Wildlife Conservation Area: 12.1 mi
- Rice Lake Refuge: 13.6 mi
- Rice Lake State Natural Area: 13.6 mi
- Three Lakes Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Northwoods Petroleum Museum: 11.4 mi
- Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame: 13.2 mi
- Eagle River Historical Museum Campus: 13.8 mi
- Eagle River Depot Museum: 15.1 mi
- Three Lakes Cemetery: 10.5 mi
- Northern Highland: 20.2 mi
- Lac Vieux Desert: 21.1 mi
- Hoover Park Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Thirty-Second Division Memorial Highway: 23.5 mi
- Military Hill: 16.2 mi
- Sheridan Hill: 17.1 mi
- West Hill: 19.6 mi
- East Hill: 20.3 mi
- Sugarbush Hill: 21.2 mi
- Burnt Rollways Boat Hoist: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Headwaters Wilderness - Kimball Creek Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarbush Hill | SSE 161° | 583 m | 21.2 mi |
| East Hill | S 171° | 565 m | 20.3 mi |
| Military Hill | NNW 338° | 560 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sheridan Hill | NE 44° | 560 m | 17.1 mi |
| West Hill | S 176° | 531 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:04 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:24 | 16:14 |
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 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle RVR, 15 mi away.
- Monarch2 obs
- Tree Lungwort1 obs
- Ghost Pipe1 obs
- round-leaved sundew1 obs
- meadow buttercup1 obs
- few-flowered sedge1 obs
- Mink Frog1 obs
- Shoreline Wolf Spider1 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.
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