Sugar River Wildlife Area - Basco Unit
Sugar River Wildlife Area - Basco Unit is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Paoli Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dane County Parks
How to reach it
- 26.7 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Paoli Park: 1.1 mi
- Ravenoaks Park: 2.4 mi
- Blaser Park: 3.0 mi
- Belleville Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Library Park: 3.8 mi
- Falk Wells Sugar River Wildlife Area: 2.0 mi
- Scheidegger Forest: 2.9 mi
- Sugar River Wildlife Area: 3.2 mi
- Prairie Moraine County Park: 3.4 mi
- Friends of School Forest Prairie: 3.5 mi
- Belleville Veteran's Memorial: 3.7 mi
- William B. Roys: 4.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Historic Cabin Site: 8.0 mi
- Liberty Pole: 8.0 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 5.7 mi
- Toy Soldier: 6.5 mi
- Community: 8.6 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 8.7 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 9.8 mi
- Lacy Garden: 5.7 mi
- Badger Prairie Meadow: 5.9 mi
- Verona Meadow: 5.9 mi
- Epic Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 7.2 mi
- Rock: 4.6 mi
- Lang Family House of Terror (Seasonal): 7.1 mi
- Richardson Cave: 8.3 mi
- New Glarus Town Hall (Historic): 8.8 mi
- Riley Wishing Tree: 10.1 mi
- Chalet of the Golden Fleece: 9.0 mi
- Swiss Historical Museum: 9.2 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 10.8 mi
- Monticello Area Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 12.3 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 4.7 mi
- Circle Bench: 11.2 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 11.4 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 11.9 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 12.0 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mount Julia: 5.0 mi
- Devil's Chimney: 5.6 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 6.4 mi
- Liberty Pole Hill: 8.0 mi
- Big Spring: 7.9 mi
- Riley Spring: 9.2 mi
- Big Spring: 10.4 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 10.7 mi
- Council Spring: 10.7 mi
- Fox Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Maple Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Table Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 8.8 mi
- Williams Knoll: 15.5 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 5.7 mi
- Train Car: 6.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugar River Wildlife Area - Basco Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WNW 295° | 524 m | 18.6 mi |
| Indian Castle | WNW 301° | 354 m | 22.4 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SE 136° | 338 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 304° | 327 m | 23.3 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ENE 68° | 326 m | 19.4 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | N 7° | 317 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 259° | 316 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Julia | WSW 258° | 313 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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