Straight Lake State Park
Straight Lake State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 391 m. Sandstone Point stands 287 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederic Tower Site, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. St. Croix Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Taylors Falls Wayside Park · 18 mi
- Franconia Landing · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coon Lake Park: 3.3 mi
- Fort Luck Park: 3.9 mi
- Tula Lake State Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- McKenzie Creek State Public Hunting Grounds: 7.4 mi
- Mel Daniels Park: 8.6 mi
- Frederic Tower Site: 1.3 mi
- Frederic School Forest: 3.0 mi
- Half Moon Lake Conservancy: 7.3 mi
- First Island: 11.0 mi
- Fish Lake State Wildlife Area: 16.3 mi
- Art Bench Trail - Rock and River: 17.5 mi
- Thompson-Boughton Millstone: 17.6 mi
- River Spirit: 17.6 mi
- The Big Fish: 17.7 mi
- Skinscape: 21.1 mi
- Frederic Museum: 3.6 mi
- Polk County Museum: 11.4 mi
- Reed Lake School: 16.0 mi
- Emma's House: 16.6 mi
- Original Burnett County Jail: 16.6 mi
- amphitheater: 16.0 mi
- Big Yellow Chair: 18.4 mi
- Franconia Sculpture Gardens: 21.1 mi
- Copper Paint Company (Historic Place): 21.6 mi
- Foxes Landing: 23.4 mi
- First Danish Seminary: 5.2 mi
- Crex Meadows: 20.7 mi
- Ed. L. Peet: 22.5 mi
- Yellow Banks CCC Camp: 24.0 mi
- Wild Mountain: 16.5 mi
- Sandstone Point: 19.2 mi
- Peaslee Peak: 22.1 mi
- Lake O' the Dalles Beach: 18.8 mi
- Amery Swimming Beach: 21.5 mi
- Clayton Lake Beach: 24.9 mi
- Silverbrook Falls: 20.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.6 mi
- Griers Falls: 24.6 mi
- St. Croix Falls Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Straight Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Point | SW 217° | 287 m | 19.2 mi |
| Peaslee Peak | SW 216° | 229 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:17 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:39 | 16:29 |
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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luck, 4 mi away.
- large white trillium22 obs
- northern maidenhair fern16 obs
- round-lobed hepatica15 obs
- partridgeberry13 obs
- Common Garter Snake11 obs
- American Toad11 obs
- Ghost Pipe10 obs
- northern starflower10 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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