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Martin's Woods State Natural Area

Martin's Woods State Natural Area from directly overhead

Martin's Woods State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 240 m. Lapham Hill stands 368 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bend-Vernon Recreation Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
240 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.88444, -88.23083

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Wind Lake Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • New Berlin Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
  • Hales Corners Veteran's Memorial: 9.5 mi
  • Gertrude Basse the Cow: 10.2 mi
  • Hadfield Company Lime Kilns: 10.7 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Saint Fiacre: 10.7 mi
  • Pelican: 10.7 mi
  • Cat: 10.7 mi
  • Cat: 10.7 mi
  • Passage "Fall": 10.7 mi
Museums: 38
  • New Berlin Historical Society: 5.3 mi
  • Heg Memorial Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Norwegian Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Heg Memorial Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Browne Nature Center: 6.6 mi
Gardens: 38
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area 8: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 7: 10.4 mi
  • DJ Mackie Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 13.6 mi
Springs: 13
  • Hygeia Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Silurian Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Scuppernong Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Hidden Spring: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Ghost towns: 7
Peaks: 5
  • Buena Park Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Mount Tom: 16.0 mi
  • Bald Bluff: 19.2 mi
  • Lone Tree Bluff: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Martin's Woods State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lapham HillNW 321°368 m13.1 mi
Lone Tree BluffWSW 254°320 m23.3 mi
Bald BluffW 262°317 m19.2 mi
Buena Park HillS 180°290 m6.3 mi
Mount TomS 172°265 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1519:5320:36
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2115:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334455767716962503726
Precip in1.61.71.93.64.04.94.04.23.32.92.21.7

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

  • Bluegill25 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches19 obs
  • prairie trillium19 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty18 obs
  • Rock Bass16 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort15 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica15 obs
  • wood anemone12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/354533129

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