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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 319 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ice Age Ridge Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Dane County Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.00999, -89.51984

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ice Age Ridge Park: 0.3 mi
  • Glacier Crossing Park: 0.4 mi
  • Reddan Soccer Park: 0.4 mi
  • Harmony Hills Park: 0.6 mi
  • Country Grove Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Badger Prairie Meadow: 0.8 mi
  • Verona Meadow: 1.3 mi
  • Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 3.4 mi
Artworks
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Toy Soldier: 2.5 mi
  • Community: 3.3 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 3.4 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 41
  • Richardson Cave: 2.7 mi
  • Riley Wishing Tree: 6.4 mi
  • Conservation Carousel: 6.4 mi
  • Goat Feeding: 6.5 mi
  • Camel: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 23
Springs: 8
  • Riley Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Council Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 4.9 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 1.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 2.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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 274°524 m16.9 mi
Indian CastleWNW 284°354 m19.8 mi
Sugarloaf HillNNW 336°346 m21.4 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSE 156°338 m13.7 mi
Pine KnobWNW 289°327 m20.3 mi
Liberty MoundE 89°326 m18.1 mi
Frederick's HillNNE 13°317 m8.1 mi
Mount PleasantSW 219°316 m10.1 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/783784699

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