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New Glarus Woods State Park

New Glarus Woods State Park from directly overhead

New Glarus Woods State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 303 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 1.1 miles away. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.78924, -89.63194
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Candy Cane Park: 1.5 mi
  • Valle Tell Soccer Park: 1.6 mi
  • Village Park: 1.9 mi
  • Glarner Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens: 55
  • Epic Community Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Verona Meadow: 15.1 mi
  • Badger Prairie Meadow: 15.5 mi
  • Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Lacy Garden: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 52
  • Toy Soldier: 15.0 mi
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 15.1 mi
  • Community: 18.7 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 18.9 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 36
Museums: 28
  • Chalet of the Golden Fleece: 1.7 mi
  • Swiss Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Monticello Area Historical Society: 3.5 mi
  • Albany Historical Museum: 11.3 mi
  • The Toy Train Barn: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 18
Peaks: 17
Springs: 9
  • Big Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Riley Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Spring House: 20.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 15.0 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 19.1 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of New Glarus Woods State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsNW 326°524 m19.9 mi
Indian CastleNW 326°354 m24.1 mi
Liberty Pole HillENE 76°338 m11.6 mi
Frederick's HillNNE 18°317 m24.3 mi
Mount PleasantN 355°316 m7.4 mi
Mount JuliaN 6°313 m7.6 mi
Badger Mill HillNNE 21°310 m14.2 mi
Eagle HeightsNNE 25°308 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2119:5820:41
September equinox06:4718:2018:58
December solstice07:2715:4216:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475969737062503725
Precip in1.61.72.13.84.16.24.14.54.13.22.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe Wwtp, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • northern maidenhair fern17 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit16 obs
  • Snowy Owl16 obs
  • mayapple14 obs
  • blue cohosh14 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom14 obs
  • wild geranium10 obs
  • Solomon's plume10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/36636113

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