Moraine Kettles Preserve
Moraine Kettles Preserve is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 317 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Willow Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ice Age Trail Alliance
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Wild Willow Park: 0.2 mi
- Cathedral Point Park: 0.4 mi
- Tower Park: 0.5 mi
- Whalen Pond Outdoor Laboritory: 0.7 mi
- Tollefson Park: 0.7 mi
- Prairie Moraine County Park: 0.7 mi
- Scheidegger Forest: 0.9 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 1.4 mi
- Military Ridge Reserve: 1.4 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 2.2 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 2.0 mi
- Toy Soldier: 3.4 mi
- Community: 5.1 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 5.3 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 6.4 mi
- Badger Prairie Meadow: 2.1 mi
- Verona Meadow: 2.3 mi
- Lacy Garden: 3.4 mi
- Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 3.7 mi
- Epic Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- William B. Roys: 3.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Taylor M. Dunn: 6.4 mi
- The McCoy Farmhouse: 7.0 mi
- Old Spring Hotel: 7.0 mi
- Richardson Cave: 4.8 mi
- Riley Wishing Tree: 7.5 mi
- Lang Family House of Terror (Seasonal): 7.6 mi
- Rock: 8.2 mi
- Conservation Carousel: 8.3 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 8.0 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 8.8 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 8.8 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 9.1 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 9.3 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 1.3 mi
- Circle Bench: 8.0 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 8.2 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 8.3 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 9.0 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 1.2 mi
- Devil's Chimney: 6.6 mi
- Mount Julia: 6.9 mi
- Donald Rock: 7.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 8.1 mi
- Riley Spring: 6.4 mi
- Big Spring: 7.1 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 7.4 mi
- Council Spring: 7.4 mi
- Big Spring: 7.5 mi
- Fox Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Maple Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Table Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 6.0 mi
- Williams Knoll: 14.8 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 1.9 mi
- Train Car: 3.2 mi
- Fellows: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moraine Kettles Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WNW 284° | 524 m | 17.4 mi |
| Indian Castle | WNW 292° | 354 m | 20.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NNW 339° | 346 m | 24.1 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SSE 150° | 338 m | 11.1 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 296° | 327 m | 21.5 mi |
| Liberty Mound | E 80° | 326 m | 18.3 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | N 9° | 317 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 232° | 316 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
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 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/755757301
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