Rib Mountain State Park
Rib Mountain State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 474 m. Rib Mountain stands 586 m to the west-northwest, 0.8 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Doepke Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Rookery View Park: 1.7 mi
- Chellis Park: 1.9 mi
- Flax Lane Tot Lot: 1.9 mi
- Bluegill Bay County Park: 2.0 mi
- Marathon County Forest-Nine Mile Unit: 4.0 mi
- Riedel-Redmond Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Twin Oaks Environmental Center: 9.0 mi
- Marathon County Forest-Burma Road Unit: 9.7 mi
- Marathon County Forest- Kronenwetter Unit: 11.3 mi
- Ingwal S. Horgen Farm Museum: 3.1 mi
- Little Red School House: 3.2 mi
- Children's Imaginarium: 3.7 mi
- From Laos to America: 3.8 mi
- Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art: 3.9 mi
- Rib Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mosinee Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hardwood Hill: 4.6 mi
- Maple Hill: 14.8 mi
- Blackberry Hill: 16.8 mi
- Peace Pole: 3.7 mi
- Hmong-Lao Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- 45x90: 16.7 mi
- Warren Mill - Now WPS: 18.1 mi
- Margaret Woodson Fisher Sculpture Garden: 4.4 mi
- Monk Botanical Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Wausau Wings ii: 3.9 mi
- Pine Dells: 15.9 mi
- Park Road Beach: 17.0 mi
- M60A3: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rib Mountain State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rib Mountain | WNW 286° | 586 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mosinee Hill | SSE 146° | 484 m | 2.5 mi |
| Ninemile Hill | NNW 347° | 454 m | 23.5 mi |
| Snow Hill | NNW 344° | 452 m | 17.7 mi |
| Blackberry Hill | SSE 150° | 408 m | 16.8 mi |
| Maple Hill | SSW 213° | 368 m | 14.8 mi |
| Haumschild Hill | SSW 203° | 354 m | 18.0 mi |
| Smoky Hill | SW 220° | 351 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:04 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:32 | 16:21 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wausau Asos, 3 mi away.
- rock polypody56 obs
- Mountain Maple44 obs
- Canada Goose39 obs
- bluebead lily38 obs
- large white trillium38 obs
- Canada mayflower38 obs
- Great Blue Heron35 obs
- tansy32 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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