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Tower Hill State Park

Tower Hill State Park from directly overhead

Tower Hill State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.14960, -90.04376

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tower Hill Bottoms State Natural Area: 0.3 mi
  • Spring Green South Park: 2.2 mi
  • Spring Green Municipal Park: 2.4 mi
  • Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area: 3.6 mi
  • Arena Community Park: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 37
Historic sites: 37
  • Barn Foundation: 0.3 mi
  • Frank Lloyd Wright: 1.4 mi
  • Lone Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Cabin Foundation: 9.9 mi
  • Village Of Dover: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 25
Cliffs: 13
Museums: 10
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Spring House: 9.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Spring House: 22.2 mi
  • Riley Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Forward Garden: 24.6 mi
  • Native American Garden: 24.6 mi
  • Theme Garden: 24.6 mi
  • Rain Garden: 24.7 mi
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Forevertron: 20.2 mi
  • Time Keeper: 21.3 mi
  • Earth, Sky, Water: 21.8 mi
  • CCC Worker: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tower Hill State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsSE 131°524 m12.8 mi
Happy HillNNE 29°451 m19.1 mi
Sauk HillNE 39°445 m22.6 mi
Maple HillNNE 22°424 m18.4 mi
Bunker HillSSW 192°371 m9.7 mi
Dunbar HillWSW 246°366 m8.9 mi
John HillWNW 295°355 m24.1 mi
Indian CastleSE 124°354 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:13
June solstice05:2120:0120:44
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:3015:4216:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192336475969727062503725
Precip in0.90.91.93.73.75.34.54.23.42.51.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lone Rock TRI CO AP, 8 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee30 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle28 obs
  • spotted horsemint28 obs
  • common milkweed26 obs
  • cardinal flower26 obs
  • wild bergamot23 obs
  • hoary vervain22 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle21 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/99824995

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