Little Rice Wildlife Area
Little Rice Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 494 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 583 m to the east-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Crandon Ribbed Fen State Natural Area, a nature reserve 2.9 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 13 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 494 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Heritage Drive
61 named places within 25 miles
- Atkins Lake State Natural Area: 4.4 mi
- Forest County Fairground: 5.1 mi
- Veteran Memorial Park: 7.8 mi
- Argonne Experimental Forest: 8.1 mi
- Scott Lake-Shelp Lake State Natural Area: 11.0 mi
- Crandon Ribbed Fen State Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Headwaters Wilderness - Headwaters Of The Pine Unit: 12.0 mi
- Headwaters Wilderness - Shelp Lake Unit: 12.1 mi
- Headwaters Wilderness - Kimball Creek Unit: 15.9 mi
- Thunder Lake Wildlife Conservation Area: 16.0 mi
- Forest County Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- FCP Cultural Center, Library & Museum: 7.5 mi
- Three Lakes Historical Society: 15.3 mi
- Northwoods Petroleum Museum: 17.7 mi
- Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame: 23.1 mi
- West Hill: 4.6 mi
- East Hill: 6.1 mi
- Sugarbush Hill: 9.1 mi
- Hib's Knob: 17.4 mi
- Baldy Hill: 24.5 mi
- Northern Highland: 7.8 mi
- Three Lakes Cemetery: 15.0 mi
- Remembrance Area: 17.7 mi
- Hodag: 20.5 mi
- Chamber of Commerce Hodag: 21.5 mi
- Burnt Rollways Boat Hoist: 20.5 mi
- Northwoods Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Hodag Beach: 20.9 mi
- McCaslin Spring: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Rice Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarbush Hill | ESE 118° | 583 m | 9.1 mi |
| East Hill | SE 134° | 565 m | 6.1 mi |
| Baldy Hill | WSW 239° | 554 m | 24.5 mi |
| West Hill | SE 144° | 531 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:04 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:26 | 16:15 |
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 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 52 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 30 | 17 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — North Pelican, 13 mi away.
- Chalk-fronted Corporal2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Trumpeter Swan1 obs
- Canadian bunchberry1 obs
- Tree Lungwort1 obs
- yellow lady's slipper1 obs
- eastern white pine1 obs
- small green wood orchid1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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