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Rocky Run Preserve

Rocky Run Preserve from directly overhead

Rocky Run Preserve is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Blackberry Hill stands 408 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Consolidated County Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Stevens Point

How to reach it

Coordinates44.49181, -89.60274

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Consolidated County Park: 0.7 mi
  • Consolidated Park: 0.7 mi
  • West River Park: 0.8 mi
  • AJ Tech Park: 1.5 mi
  • John S. Groholski Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks: 44
  • Point Brewery Mural: 2.3 mi
  • The Family Stone: 2.3 mi
  • Menominee Ricing Canoe: 2.3 mi
  • What the Lion Cannot Manage, the Fox Can: 2.4 mi
  • The Polish Chicken: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves: 23
  • Bob Engelhard Restoration Ecology Field: 1.5 mi
  • Whiting Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Schmeeckle Reserve: 3.7 mi
  • Little Plover River Fishery Area: 4.4 mi
  • Little Plover River Fishery Area: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 11
Peaks: 11
  • Rock Hill: 10.4 mi
  • The Ledge: 14.0 mi
  • Mosquito Bluff: 15.5 mi
  • Blackberry Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Lone Rock: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Cultural Commons of Portage County: 2.3 mi
  • UWSP Campus Garden: 2.8 mi
  • UWSP Campus Nursery: 2.9 mi
  • Giving Gardens of Portage County - Boys & Girls Club: 3.9 mi
  • Karen Bingham Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Soo Line 2713: 2.1 mi
  • Soo Line Caboose 158: 2.1 mi
  • M60A3: 22.7 mi
  • Sand Valley Golf Resort: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rocky Run Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackberry HillNNE 17°408 m15.6 mi
Mosquito BluffSSE 163°378 m15.5 mi
Dorra Cooshe MountainSSW 202°372 m23.8 mi
Maple HillNW 325°368 m20.6 mi
Rock HillWNW 285°363 m10.4 mi
Haumschild HillNW 320°354 m16.8 mi
Smoky HillNW 314°351 m21.7 mi
The LedgeSSE 163°346 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:11
June solstice05:1420:0320:47
September equinox06:4618:1918:58
December solstice07:3315:3416:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151930435666706860473422
Precip in1.21.11.83.44.15.03.83.83.62.71.91.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stevens PT, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/683794766

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