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School District of West Salem Outdoor Education Center

School District of West Salem Outdoor Education Center from directly overhead

School District of West Salem Outdoor Education Center is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Wadels Hill stands 428 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 24 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
School District of West Salem

How to reach it

Coordinates43.94530, -90.75645

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Fishermans Park: 2.3 mi
  • Evans-Bosshard Park: 2.5 mi
  • Blyton Park: 2.6 mi
  • Ben Bikin' Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Quarry Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Perry Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Selfridge Knoll: 3.9 mi
  • Thorp Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Hill H: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 14
  • La Crosse River State Fishery Area: 2.1 mi
  • Fish Creek: 9.5 mi
  • Sand Creek Streambank Protection Area: 14.1 mi
  • Ramond C Brice County Forest: 14.6 mi
  • Coulee Experimental Forest: 15.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Sparta Free Library: 2.8 mi
  • Masonic Lodge: 2.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 12.4 mi
  • Tomah: 13.0 mi
  • Black River Valley: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 3: 7.0 mi
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 2: 12.3 mi
  • Bell AH-1: 12.4 mi
  • M60A3: 12.4 mi
  • Cranberry Discovery Center: 18.1 mi
Museums: 5
  • Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Bangor & Area Historical Society: 12.1 mi
  • Ho-Chunk Nation Museum and Cultural Center: 12.7 mi
  • Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center, Inc.: 18.4 mi
  • Train Museum & Vistior Center: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 5
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Community Garden: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of School District of West Salem Outdoor Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wadels HillNW 306°428 m9.5 mi
Sugarbush HillESE 121°427 m6.8 mi
Erdman HillSE 133°416 m5.7 mi
Wanless HillWNW 291°414 m11.4 mi
Krueger HillW 279°414 m14.1 mi
Waldness HillWNW 288°413 m11.4 mi
Mount EveE 96°413 m20.0 mi
Heller HillWNW 287°412 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3719:15
June solstice05:2120:0620:50
September equinox06:5118:2419:02
December solstice07:3515:4116:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932445767716960473422
Precip in1.11.11.83.74.65.34.14.33.72.62.01.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/822306269

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