Yellowstone Lake State Park
Yellowstone Lake State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellowstone Savanna State Natural Area, a park 0.8 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 29.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Yellowstone Savanna State Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Yellowstone Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Ryan Hotel Park: 6.3 mi
- McKellar Park: 6.5 mi
- Argyle Legion Community Park: 7.1 mi
- Argyle Bridge Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Saxton House: 7.3 mi
- Fort Defiance: 7.9 mi
- Fort Hamilton: 9.5 mi
- Shake Rag: 11.8 mi
- York Praire State Natural Area: 10.5 mi
- Hauge Historic District Park: 13.5 mi
- Schurch-Thomson Prairie: 13.6 mi
- Shea Prairie: 14.1 mi
- SW WI Grassland & Stream Conservation Area - Davis Unit: 14.4 mi
- Pendarvis Historic Site: 11.8 mi
- Hauge Log Church: 13.5 mi
- Ridgeway Depot: 15.8 mi
- Wildcat Cave: 16.5 mi
- Boeing C-97G: 17.3 mi
- Ryan Hill: 8.8 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 16.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 17.4 mi
- Blue Mounds: 18.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 18.8 mi
- Blanchardville Museum: 6.4 mi
- Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 7.1 mi
- The Lafayette County Historical Society Depot Museum: 9.7 mi
- The Toy Train Barn: 10.6 mi
- Wisconsin Odd Fellow Rebekah Museum: 11.9 mi
- Spring House: 19.3 mi
- Cleary Spring: 19.7 mi
- Big Spring: 20.1 mi
- Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 21.5 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 18.0 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 18.8 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
- Enee Point: 18.1 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Stephens Falls: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellowstone Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | NNE 19° | 524 m | 18.7 mi |
| Platte Mounds | W 269° | 435 m | 21.8 mi |
| Belmont Mound | W 269° | 427 m | 18.9 mi |
| Little Mound | W 268° | 389 m | 21.0 mi |
| White Hill | SW 219° | 381 m | 20.4 mi |
| Charles Mound | SW 216° | 374 m | 22.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNW 342° | 371 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Sumner | SSW 202° | 357 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:44 | 16:30 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darlington Wwtp, 9 mi away.
- prickly cucumber14 obs
- closed bottle gentian14 obs
- multiflora rose12 obs
- tall bellflower12 obs
- common jewelweed11 obs
- rattlesnake master11 obs
- common cowparsnip10 obs
- virgin's-bower10 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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