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Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge from directly overhead

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Krueger Hill stands 414 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. Great River Road passes 0.8 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a 240,000-acre, 261-mile long National Wildlife Refuge located in and along the Upper Mississippi River. It runs from Wabasha, Minnesota in the north to Rock Island, Illinois in the south.

The record

What the record says

Built
1924-06-24
Elevation
180 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.66357, -91.23489

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stoddard Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bergen Bluff State Natural Area: 2.6 mi
  • Bennett Park: 3.3 mi
  • Old Settler's Overlook: 3.6 mi
  • City Park: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves: 47
Historic sites: 20
Peaks: 19
  • Fairy Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Hedgehog Bluff: 9.0 mi
  • Cliffwood Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • Grandad Bluff: 10.4 mi
Museums: 10
  • Dahl Auto Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Children's Museum of La Crosse: 10.2 mi
  • Swarthout Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Historic Hixon House Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Riverside Museum: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 9
Attractions: 8
  • World's Largest Six-Pack: 9.7 mi
  • Explore La Crosse: 10.2 mi
  • La Crosse Queen: 10.7 mi
  • Hidden Trails Corn Maze: 17.1 mi
  • Schechs Mill: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 4
Springs: 4
  • Highway 76 Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Little Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Whispering Hills Spring: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Riverside International Friendship Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Community Garden: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Krueger HillNNE 24°414 m23.8 mi
Bunker HillENE 62°394 m17.0 mi
McElhose HillE 86°379 m23.7 mi
Perkins HillE 90°379 m23.9 mi
Bunker HillE 95°356 m6.2 mi
Lawrence HillS 170°353 m17.3 mi
Link HillNE 54°352 m23.0 mi
Miller BluffN 5°343 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:2420:0720:51
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3615:4416:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192336496170747264523825
Precip in1.31.22.13.94.75.94.34.84.22.61.91.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Genoa DAM 8, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove9 obs
  • House Sparrow7 obs
  • European Starling7 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle7 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle6 obs
  • European Paper Wasp6 obs
  • American Coot5 obs
  • Bald Eagle5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1117902623

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