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Lima Marsh Wildlife Area

Lima Marsh Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Lima Marsh Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Liberty Mound stands 326 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lima Bog State Natural Area, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Lima Marsh Wildlife Area is 2,048-acres state-owned (2704-acre goal), plus 466 acres leased for public hunting.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.78912, -88.87291

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Goodrich Park: 3.4 mi
  • Goodrich Park: 3.5 mi
  • Milton College Historic District: 3.7 mi
  • Crossridge Park: 4.1 mi
  • Veterans Park: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • New Life Cross: 7.4 mi
  • Governor Peck Boyhood Home: 8.7 mi
  • Fort Koshkonong Historic Marker (1832): 9.7 mi
  • Patrolman McKee Memorial: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 11
Beaches: 9
  • Swimming Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Lions Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Palmyra Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Assembly Park Beach: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 8
Springs: 8
  • Stute Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Minnehaha Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 22.8 mi
  • Hotel Springs: 22.9 mi
  • Emerald Springs: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 7
Rest areas: 7
Peaks: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lima Marsh Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty MoundNW 317°326 m21.4 mi
Lone Tree BluffE 88°320 m10.1 mi
Bald BluffENE 74°317 m14.1 mi
Mount ZionSSW 204°316 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1819:5520:38
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:2415:3916:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727063503726
Precip in1.51.42.03.64.15.04.03.93.32.82.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Atkinson Wwtp, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/31031522

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