Headwaters Wilderness - Shelp Lake Unit
Headwaters Wilderness - Shelp Lake Unit is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 517 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 583 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Lake-Shelp Lake State Natural Area, a park 1.8 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 3.8 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
- 3.8 mi off the Heritage Drive
61 named places within 25 miles
- Scott Lake-Shelp Lake State Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Argonne Experimental Forest: 3.9 mi
- Village Skate: 8.6 mi
- Don Burnside Park: 8.8 mi
- Bose Lake Hemlock-Hardwoods State Natural Area: 9.2 mi
- Headwaters Wilderness - Headwaters Of The Pine Unit: 2.1 mi
- Headwaters Wilderness - Kimball Creek Unit: 4.2 mi
- Thunder Lake Wildlife Conservation Area: 9.8 mi
- Rice Lake State Natural Area: 11.6 mi
- Rice Lake Refuge: 11.7 mi
- Three Lakes Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- Northwoods Petroleum Museum: 9.8 mi
- Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame: 13.4 mi
- Eagle River Historical Museum Campus: 13.9 mi
- Eagle River Depot Museum: 15.1 mi
- West Hill: 16.1 mi
- East Hill: 17.0 mi
- Sugarbush Hill: 18.4 mi
- Military Hill: 19.3 mi
- Sheridan Hill: 21.2 mi
- Three Lakes Cemetery: 8.1 mi
- Northern Highland: 17.4 mi
- Lac Vieux Desert: 23.9 mi
- Hodag: 22.0 mi
- Chamber of Commerce Hodag: 23.6 mi
- Burnt Rollways Boat Hoist: 10.0 mi
- Hodag Beach: 22.3 mi
- Northwoods Community Garden: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Headwaters Wilderness - Shelp Lake Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarbush Hill | SSE 152° | 583 m | 18.4 mi |
| East Hill | SSE 163° | 565 m | 17.0 mi |
| Military Hill | NNW 347° | 560 m | 19.3 mi |
| Sheridan Hill | NE 40° | 560 m | 21.2 mi |
| West Hill | SSE 168° | 531 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:29 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:04 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:25 | 16:15 |
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.
- purple pitcher plant9 obs
- tamarack8 obs
- Tricolored Bumble Bee7 obs
- Canadian bunchberry6 obs
- eastern white pine6 obs
- lesser rattlesnake plantain6 obs
- Trumpeter Swan5 obs
- spotted coralroot5 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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