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Red Cedar Lake State Natural Area

Red Cedar Lake State Natural Area from directly overhead

Red Cedar Lake State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakland Conservation Club, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
259 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.97640, -88.98150
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ripley Park: 2.1 mi
  • Camrock County Park: 2.4 mi
  • CamRock Bike Park: 2.6 mi
  • Oakland Estates Outlot: 2.6 mi
  • Oakland Estates Community Park: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Lake Ripley: 2.1 mi
  • Patrolman McKee Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Albion Veterans Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • Albion Acadamy: 8.0 mi
  • Sheepskin School: 8.0 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Nature reserves: 51
Attractions: 50
  • Conical Indian Mounds: 13.5 mi
  • Haunted House: 13.5 mi
  • Conical Indian Mounds: 13.5 mi
  • Conical Indian Mounds: 13.5 mi
  • Conical Indian Mounds: 13.5 mi
Museums: 25
Beaches: 22
  • Swimming Beach: 8.9 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Pet Swim Area: 12.5 mi
  • Troll Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Frost Woods Beach: 18.8 mi
Peaks: 9
Springs: 6
  • Big Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Council Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Stute Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Artesian Well: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Williams Knoll: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillWSW 245°338 m23.9 mi
Liberty MoundWNW 287°326 m9.5 mi
Lone Tree BluffSE 129°320 m20.1 mi
Bald BluffESE 115°317 m21.1 mi
Mount ZionS 171°316 m18.7 mi
Eagle HeightsWNW 288°308 m24.6 mi
Bascom HillWNW 288°290 m22.4 mi
Observatory HillWNW 288°290 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1819:5620:39
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2515:3916:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727063503726
Precip in1.51.42.03.64.15.04.03.93.32.82.21.7

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

Wildlife nearby
  • American Bullfrog15 obs
  • Sandhill Crane13 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
  • poison sumac10 obs
  • Chinese Mantis9 obs
  • leatherleaf9 obs
  • Wild Turkey8 obs
  • tamarack8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1468780616

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