MacKenzie Center
MacKenzie Center is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Sauk Point stands 449 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Logging Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Pauquette Park: 2.2 mi
- Old Settlers Park: 2.4 mi
- Valley View Park: 2.5 mi
- Jamieson Park: 3.5 mi
- John Muir View: 2.1 mi
- Pierre Pauquette Ferry Marker: 11.1 mi
- Marquette: 11.4 mi
- Fort Winnebago: 11.4 mi
- Richmond Memorial Park of The Rocks of Gibraltar: 12.5 mi
- Pardeeville Memorial School Forest: 4.4 mi
- Erstad Prairie: 4.7 mi
- Ankenbrandt Prairie: 4.9 mi
- Empire Prairies State Natural Area - Hagen Prairie Unit: 5.1 mi
- Sue Ames Prairie: 5.5 mi
- Pink Elephant: 10.3 mi
- CCC Worker: 17.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty replica: 18.5 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 18.8 mi
- Time Keeper: 19.1 mi
- Gibraltar Rock: 12.5 mi
- Treinen Farm Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch: 14.4 mi
- Angell Park Speedway: 17.0 mi
- Devil's Doorway: 18.0 mi
- Balanced Rock: 18.2 mi
- Rooted: Troy Farm: 18.1 mi
- Rooted: Troy Community Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Emerson Wildflower Garden: 20.3 mi
- Rain Garden: 20.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 21.1 mi
- Logging Museum: 0.1 mi
- Conservation Museum: 0.2 mi
- Poynette Area Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters Historic Site: 11.4 mi
- Sun Prairie Historical Museum: 16.7 mi
- Okee Beach: 10.9 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 12.0 mi
- South Shore Beach: 18.3 mi
- Warner Park Beach: 18.7 mi
- North Shore Beach: 18.7 mi
- Townhall Hill: 10.1 mi
- Cascade Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Owls Head Hill: 12.1 mi
- Goose Egg Hill: 13.6 mi
- Sauk Point: 15.0 mi
- Whites Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Allen Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Saint Lawrence Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Pine Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 19.2 mi
- Springs: 20.1 mi
- Artesian Well: 21.2 mi
- Artesian Well: 21.4 mi
- Merrill Spring: 22.5 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 6.0 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 6.4 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- Skillet Falls: 21.0 mi
- Moe Settlement: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of MacKenzie Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk Point | W 278° | 449 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sauk Hill | W 271° | 445 m | 19.9 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | NW 310° | 388 m | 10.2 mi |
| Townhall Hill | NW 305° | 380 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | WSW 246° | 346 m | 18.1 mi |
| Hogback Hill | W 266° | 329 m | 24.5 mi |
| Observatory Hill | N 3° | 328 m | 21.2 mi |
| Owls Head Hill | W 268° | 319 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:38 | 16:25 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arlington, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/680264017
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