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Ice Age Trail Junction Area

Ice Age Trail Junction Area from directly overhead

Ice Age Trail Junction Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 306 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Flagstone Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Dane County Parks

How to reach it

Coordinates43.02288, -89.53043

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Flagstone Park: 0.1 mi
  • Waldorf Park: 0.8 mi
  • Prairie Ridge Park: 0.8 mi
  • Westhaven Trails Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ice Age Ridge Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Badger Prairie Meadow: 1.8 mi
  • Verona Meadow: 1.8 mi
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Toy Soldier: 2.5 mi
  • Community: 3.6 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 3.6 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 41
  • Richardson Cave: 1.9 mi
  • Riley Wishing Tree: 5.7 mi
  • Black Hawk's Cave: 6.2 mi
  • Raymer's Ravine: 6.5 mi
  • Conservation Carousel: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 23
Springs: 8
  • Riley Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Council Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 5.4 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 2.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 271°524 m16.3 mi
Indian CastleWNW 282°354 m19.1 mi
Sugarloaf HillNNW 336°346 m20.3 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSE 155°338 m14.7 mi
Pine KnobWNW 287°327 m19.5 mi
Liberty MoundE 91°326 m18.6 mi
Frederick's HillNNE 18°317 m7.4 mi
Mount PleasantSSW 213°316 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2019:5820:42
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2715:4116:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465868727062503624
Precip in1.51.62.44.14.65.54.74.13.62.92.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/550676646

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