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Rib Lake School Forest

Rib Lake School Forest from directly overhead

Rib Lake School Forest is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 510 m. Timms Hill stands 595 m to the north, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Rib Lake School District

How to reach it

Coordinates45.34681, -90.21856

55 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 33
  • Veterans' Park: 1.9 mi
  • Lake View Park: 2.4 mi
  • Spirit Park: 4.8 mi
  • Pioneer Park & Campground: 7.5 mi
  • Green Grove 4-H Park: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Sunset Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Spokes Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Pearson Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Timms Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Fred's Summit: 7.4 mi
Museums: 5
  • Knox Creek Heritage Center: 14.0 mi
  • Taylor County Historical Society: 15.2 mi
  • Huey's Hideaway Children's Museum: 15.8 mi
  • Perkins Place Art Gallery: 15.8 mi
  • Fred Smith Museum: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Springs: 1
  • Glacial Spring: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Sprit Falls: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1
  • M60A3: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sara Park Beach: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rib Lake School Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Timms HillN 9°594.7 m7.3 mi
Fred's SummitN 11°584 m7.4 mi
Pearson HillNNE 16°576 m7.2 mi
Sunset HillNNW 333°561 m0.9 mi
Spokes HillN 10°538 m3.4 mi
Hallberg HillNW 307°477 m9.2 mi
Ninemile HillESE 108°454 m21.9 mi
Snow HillESE 121°452 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3419:13
June solstice05:1420:0820:53
September equinox06:4918:2119:00
December solstice07:3815:3216:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111527415363676557443018
Precip in1.01.01.62.73.94.13.63.93.93.51.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prentice #2, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/734297377

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