Kissick Swamp Wildlife Area
Kissick Swamp Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 361 m. Meteor Hill stands 547 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kissick Swamp State Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Divide Highway passes 18 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Great Divide Highway
97 named places within 25 miles
- Kissick Swamp State Wildlife Management Area: 0.1 mi
- Kissick Alkaline Bog Lake State Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Town of Hayward Recreational Forest: 1.1 mi
- Shues Pond Park: 2.7 mi
- Eytcheson Park: 3.3 mi
- Tony Wise Museum of the American Birkebeiner: 2.8 mi
- Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum: 3.0 mi
- Sawyer County Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Kinnamon School Visitor Center & Museum: 9.7 mi
- Cable Namakagon Historical Museum: 17.3 mi
- Namekagon - Court Oreilles Portage: 6.7 mi
- St. Francis Solanus Mission: 12.0 mi
- Pierre Esprit Radisson and Medard Groseilliers: 14.3 mi
- Telehenge: 18.0 mi
- Court Oreilles: 19.5 mi
- County Hill: 1.3 mi
- Smoky Hill: 14.4 mi
- Mount Telemark: 17.4 mi
- Crystal Mountain: 18.0 mi
- Meteor Hill: 24.3 mi
- Water's Edge Trailhead: 2.8 mi
- Hospital Road Trailhead: 2.9 mi
- Giant Muskie: 3.1 mi
- Olson Road Trailhead: 3.4 mi
- Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad: 17.3 mi
- Totagatic Lake Wildlife Area: 11.9 mi
- Hauer Springs State Wildlife Management Area: 15.1 mi
- Eddy Creek Fishery Area: 19.7 mi
- Solon Springs School Forest: 23.2 mi
- Weirgor Springs State Wildlife Area: 24.5 mi
- Spooner Blows: 4.2 mi
- Hayward Sucks: 4.2 mi
- Spooner Cowboy: 20.6 mi
- Red Cedar Springs: 20.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Spring: 23.4 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 23.9 mi
- Flower Garden: 24.0 mi
- Sioux Beach: 24.6 mi
- Garmisch Beach: 24.7 mi
- Harmon: 6.9 mi
- Leo Creek Wayside: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kissick Swamp Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meteor Hill | SSE 164° | 547 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Telemark | NE 52° | 518 m | 17.4 mi |
| Smoky Hill | N 8° | 457 m | 14.4 mi |
| County Hill | ESE 106° | 425 m | 1.3 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SW 223° | 381 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:39 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:15 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:34 | 16:24 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward RS, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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