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Lib Cross Island

Lib Cross Island from directly overhead

Lib Cross Island is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 236 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Whites Bluff, a cliff 2.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
236 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.47062, -89.44638
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Riverside Park: 4.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Field: 4.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Fields: 4.8 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 5.2 mi
  • Sunset Park: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Gibraltar Rock: 11.7 mi
  • Devil's Doorway: 14.3 mi
  • Treinen Farm Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch: 14.3 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 14.3 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 14.5 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • Pierre Pauquette Ferry Marker: 4.8 mi
  • Marquette: 5.8 mi
  • Fort Winnebago: 5.9 mi
  • John Muir View: 6.8 mi
  • The Lower Narrows: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Cascade Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Townhall Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Owls Head Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Sauk Point: 11.1 mi
  • Goose Egg Hill: 11.9 mi
Museums: 20
  • Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters Historic Site: 5.8 mi
  • Poynette Area Historical Society: 5.9 mi
  • Conservation Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Logging Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Leopold Center: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 18
Artworks: 8
  • CCC Worker: 13.9 mi
  • Pink Elephant: 15.6 mi
  • Earth, Sky, Water: 16.0 mi
  • Time Keeper: 16.5 mi
  • Forevertron: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 7
Gardens: 4
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 3.4 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 3.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Skillet Falls: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lib Cross Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Happy HillWSW 256°451 m21.5 mi
Sauk PointWSW 255°449 m11.1 mi
Sauk HillWSW 253°445 m16.4 mi
Maple HillWSW 258°424 m23.8 mi
Cascade MountainWNW 293°388 m3.9 mi
Townhall HillW 280°380 m4.1 mi
Rattlesnake KnobWNW 296°366 m24.0 mi
Blue MoundNW 310°351 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1819:5920:43
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:2815:3816:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465868727062493624
Precip in1.41.42.24.14.65.64.54.13.62.92.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portage Wwtp, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian Lady Beetle4 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle3 obs
  • common milkweed3 obs
  • American Dog Tick3 obs
  • Wild Turkey2 obs
  • Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid2 obs
  • American pokeweed2 obs
  • mayapple2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/86248003

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