Rock Creek Waterfowl Production Area
Rock Creek Waterfowl Production Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Highest point in Buffalo County stands 417 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Falls Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sneen Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
- West Wisconsin Land Conservation: 5.5 mi
- Sharps Point Park: 8.2 mi
- Mirror Lake Park: 8.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Mount Washington: 9.8 mi
- Plank Hill: 11.9 mi
- Mount Simon: 12.6 mi
- Mount Tom: 12.7 mi
- Elk Mound: 13.0 mi
- Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum: 11.1 mi
- Chippewa Valley Historical Museum: 11.1 mi
- Children’s Museum of Eau Claire: 11.8 mi
- Flick Log Cabin: 13.2 mi
- Woodhouse Family House: 13.2 mi
- Rock Falls Wildlife Area: 2.2 mi
- Town of Union Conservancy: 6.3 mi
- Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow State Natural Area: 12.1 mi
- Menomonie Town Forest: 17.1 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 17.8 mi
- Tank: 8.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Henry Aaron memorial: 10.8 mi
- Adin Randall Statue: 11.2 mi
- Eau Claire County Old Orchard Cemetery: 11.7 mi
- Durand, WI: 15.3 mi
- Portrait of a Community: 15.3 mi
- Woodland Spire: 17.8 mi
- Borderline: 17.8 mi
- Sentinel: 17.8 mi
- 3rd Street Cliffs: 12.4 mi
- Yellow Bank: 14.3 mi
- Erickson Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Limekiln Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Echo Rock: 19.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 3.4 mi
- Nelsonville: 5.5 mi
- Porter's Mills: 7.4 mi
- Old Tyrone: 8.7 mi
- Springdale: 12.5 mi
- Historical Society Musuem: 9.3 mi
- Historical Society Museum: 9.3 mi
- brewery nønic: 18.2 mi
- POO Corners: 19.2 mi
- Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge: 21.7 mi
- Forest Street Garden: 11.9 mi
- Dunn County Jail Garden: 17.2 mi
- 9/11 memorial: 17.8 mi
- UW-Sprout: 18.4 mi
- Wayside 46-07: 14.9 mi
- Menomonie Eastbound Rest Area 61: 18.9 mi
- Menomonie Westbound Rest Area 62: 19.1 mi
- Beckey Spring: 8.2 mi
- Tripp Falls: 18.2 mi
- Wakanda Beach: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Creek Waterfowl Production Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest point in Buffalo County | SSE 163° | 417 m | 20.0 mi |
| Eagle Peak | S 189° | 398 m | 17.3 mi |
| Otteson Bluff | NNW 328° | 383 m | 22.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SE 139° | 373 m | 16.8 mi |
| Tuttle Hill | W 280° | 372 m | 23.9 mi |
| Elk Mound | N 356° | 368 m | 13.0 mi |
| Weisinger Hill | W 265° | 354 m | 21.7 mi |
| Panther Hill | N 351° | 350 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:12 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:41 | 16:30 |
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 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mondovi, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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