Wildcat Mountain State Park
Wildcat Mountain State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 313 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 427 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 31 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 313 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 31.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pisgah Hemlock-Hardwoods State Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Kickapoo Valley Reserve State Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Bean Park: 9.2 mi
- Norwalk Village Park: 9.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Fishery Area: 10.4 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 1.2 mi
- Mount Sally: 4.2 mi
- Mount Thom: 5.0 mi
- McElhose Hill: 9.6 mi
- Admiral Marc A. Mitscher: 11.4 mi
- African American Settlers of the Cheyenne Valley: 11.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Elroy – Sparta State Trail Histoical marker: 14.9 mi
- Governor Rusk: 18.1 mi
- Kooyumjian-Lost Creek Forest: 9.9 mi
- Tunnelville Cliffs State Natural Area: 10.9 mi
- Eureka Maple Woods State Natural Area: 15.1 mi
- School District of West Salem Outdoor Education Center: 19.4 mi
- La Crosse River State Fishery Area: 21.1 mi
- Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 2: 9.2 mi
- Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 1: 10.5 mi
- Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 3: 12.5 mi
- Omaha State Trail Tunnel: 17.3 mi
- Twin Bluffs Cave: 21.7 mi
- Tinkers Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Kimballs Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Balls Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Bald Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Windrow Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Hillsboro Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Train Museum & Vistior Center: 14.7 mi
- Elroy Museum: 15.3 mi
- Town of Stevenson: 19.0 mi
- Ho-Chunk Nation Museum and Cultural Center: 19.5 mi
- Cheyenne Valley: 11.6 mi
- Henrietta: 15.8 mi
- Corwin: 19.8 mi
- McGrew: 21.3 mi
- Mill Creek: 21.6 mi
- Jersey Valley County Park Beach: 11.4 mi
- Elroy Tunnel Mural: 15.2 mi
- Sparta Rest Area 16: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildcat Mountain State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarbush Hill | NNW 346° | 427 m | 13.9 mi |
| Erdman Hill | NNW 339° | 416 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Eve | NE 36° | 413 m | 18.3 mi |
| Johnson Hill | ENE 67° | 411 m | 18.5 mi |
| Red Rock | NW 324° | 397 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | NE 38° | 396 m | 18.2 mi |
| Daylight Hill | E 84° | 396 m | 18.5 mi |
| Bunker Hill | WNW 287° | 394 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:04 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:42 | 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 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro 2SW, 11 mi away.
- partridgeberry41 obs
- walking fern40 obs
- mayapple36 obs
- twoleaf miterwort36 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage33 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica33 obs
- northern maidenhair fern32 obs
- bloodroot32 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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