Ice Age Trail Junction Area
Ice Age Trail Junction Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 328 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 17 miles off. 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
- 19.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 0.5 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 0.6 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 2.0 mi
- Military Ridge Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 2.2 mi
- Flagstone Park: 0.5 mi
- Prairie Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Westhaven Trails Park: 0.6 mi
- Ice Age Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Raymond Ridge Park: 0.9 mi
- Badger Prairie Meadow: 1.4 mi
- Verona Meadow: 1.7 mi
- Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 1.8 mi
- Epic Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Emmett Schulte Garden: 3.1 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 1.7 mi
- Toy Soldier: 2.7 mi
- Community: 3.3 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 3.3 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 4.0 mi
- Taylor M. Dunn: 2.9 mi
- Old Spring Hotel: 4.8 mi
- Kenneth Jensen Wheeler Council Ring: 5.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Richard Askey: 5.3 mi
- Richardson Cave: 2.4 mi
- Black Hawk's Cave: 6.1 mi
- Riley Wishing Tree: 6.2 mi
- Conservation Carousel: 6.2 mi
- Goat Feeding: 6.3 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 5.3 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 6.6 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 6.9 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 7.0 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 2.9 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 5.2 mi
- Circle Bench: 5.9 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 6.2 mi
- Willow Beach: 6.7 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 2.6 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Heights: 6.1 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 6.1 mi
- Observatory Hill: 7.0 mi
- Riley Spring: 5.0 mi
- Merrill Spring: 5.1 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 5.2 mi
- Big Spring: 5.2 mi
- Council Spring: 5.2 mi
- Fox Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Maple Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Table Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 5.0 mi
- Williams Knoll: 15.4 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 1.9 mi
- Train Car: 2.6 mi
- Fellows: 24.8 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 272° | 524 m | 16.7 mi |
| Indian Castle | WNW 282° | 354 m | 19.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NNW 336° | 346 m | 20.8 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SSE 156° | 338 m | 14.3 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 287° | 327 m | 20.0 mi |
| Liberty Mound | E 91° | 326 m | 18.2 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NNE 14° | 317 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 216° | 316 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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