Holmes Preserve
Holmes Preserve is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Bluff, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ice Age Trail Alliance
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Swamplovers Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Liebetrau Prairie: 1.4 mi
- Festge County Park: 1.4 mi
- S.B. Andersen Memorial Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Hickory Hill Conservancy Park: 1.8 mi
- Salmo Pond County Park: 1.8 mi
- Gausewitz Park: 2.0 mi
- American Legion Park: 2.1 mi
- Raspberry Park: 2.1 mi
- Brewery Park: 2.1 mi
- Haney's Tavern: 2.6 mi
- Old Halfway Prairie: 4.5 mi
- Matz Farmstead: 4.6 mi
- Father Adalbert Inama -- St. Norbert House: 7.6 mi
- Wisconsin Heights Battle Grounds: 7.7 mi
- Forward Garden: 6.9 mi
- Native American Garden: 6.9 mi
- Theme Garden: 6.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 7.0 mi
- Emmett Schulte Garden: 8.8 mi
- Toy Soldier: 11.0 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 12.3 mi
- Hoyt Park Pyramid: 12.7 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 12.9 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 13.1 mi
- Riley Wishing Tree: 7.9 mi
- Richardson Cave: 9.4 mi
- Little Norway: 9.9 mi
- Cave of the Mounds: 11.2 mi
- Cave of the Mounds: 11.2 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 7.0 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 9.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 10.6 mi
- Round Top Hill: 10.6 mi
- Loddes Mill Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Black Earth Children's Museum: 3.9 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 8.7 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 8.8 mi
- Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- Tripp Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Mazo Beach: 9.3 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 9.4 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 10.9 mi
- Indianola Beach: 12.0 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 13.0 mi
- Table Bluff: 0.3 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Fox Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Maple Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Spring House: 5.0 mi
- Riley Spring: 8.5 mi
- Springs: 9.5 mi
- Merrill Spring: 11.1 mi
- Big Spring: 13.0 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 15.1 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Train Car: 11.2 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 22.0 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 22.1 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 13.2 mi
- Skillet Falls: 21.8 mi
- Stephens Falls: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Holmes Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | SW 230° | 524 m | 12.0 mi |
| Happy Hill | NNW 331° | 451 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sauk Point | N 2° | 449 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NNW 346° | 445 m | 18.6 mi |
| Maple Hill | NW 326° | 424 m | 21.4 mi |
| Townhall Hill | NNE 17° | 380 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bunker Hill | WSW 247° | 371 m | 22.7 mi |
| Indian Castle | WSW 250° | 354 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazomanie Wwtp, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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