Prairie Moraine County Park
Prairie Moraine County Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 326 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Moraine Kettles Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dane County Parks
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Moraine Kettles Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Scheidegger Forest: 0.8 mi
- Military Ridge Reserve: 1.9 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 1.9 mi
- Falk Wells Sugar River Wildlife Area: 2.0 mi
- Wild Willow Park: 0.9 mi
- Cathedral Point Park: 1.0 mi
- Tower Park: 1.1 mi
- Tollefson Park: 1.3 mi
- Whalen Pond Outdoor Laboritory: 1.3 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 2.6 mi
- Toy Soldier: 4.0 mi
- Community: 5.3 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 5.5 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 6.6 mi
- Badger Prairie Meadow: 2.6 mi
- Verona Meadow: 2.9 mi
- Lacy Garden: 3.2 mi
- Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 4.3 mi
- Epic Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- William B. Roys: 3.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.3 mi
- The McCoy Farmhouse: 6.8 mi
- Taylor M. Dunn: 6.9 mi
- Belleville Veteran's Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Richardson Cave: 5.4 mi
- Lang Family House of Terror (Seasonal): 7.1 mi
- Rock: 7.7 mi
- Riley Wishing Tree: 8.2 mi
- Conservation Carousel: 8.4 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 8.0 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 9.2 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 9.3 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 9.3 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 9.4 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 1.9 mi
- Circle Bench: 8.1 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 8.3 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 8.6 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 9.0 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 1.8 mi
- Devil's Chimney: 6.8 mi
- Mount Julia: 6.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 8.2 mi
- Donald Rock: 8.4 mi
- Riley Spring: 7.1 mi
- Big Spring: 7.3 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 7.5 mi
- Council Spring: 7.5 mi
- Big Spring: 7.9 mi
- Fox Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Maple Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Table Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 5.9 mi
- Williams Knoll: 14.4 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 2.3 mi
- Train Car: 3.8 mi
- Fellows: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Moraine County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WNW 285° | 524 m | 17.9 mi |
| Indian Castle | WNW 292° | 354 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NNW 338° | 346 m | 24.7 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SSE 151° | 338 m | 10.4 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 297° | 327 m | 22.1 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ENE 78° | 326 m | 17.9 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | N 6° | 317 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WSW 236° | 316 m | 8.2 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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