Blue River Sand Barrens State Natural Area
Blue River Sand Barrens State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 207 m. Hill in Richland County stands 390 m to the north, 23 miles off. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 153 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 207 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
- 26.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
153 named places within 25 miles
- Railroad Park Gazebo: 4.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 4.7 mi
- Richwood Bottoms State Natural Area: 6.4 mi
- Orion Mussel Bed State Natural Area: 8.7 mi
- Boy Scout Park: 9.5 mi
- Cooper Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cedar Point: 5.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 6.9 mi
- John Hill: 7.6 mi
- Day Rock: 7.6 mi
- Richard M Brewer Historical Marker: 9.7 mi
- Tank: 9.9 mi
- The Gideons: 10.1 mi
- Rural Electification: 10.4 mi
- Boaz Mastodon: 10.4 mi
- Blue River Sand Barrens State Natural Area: 0.0 mi
- Blue River Bluffs State Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Boscobel Bluffs: 8.7 mi
- REM Castle Rock Creek: 10.1 mi
- Gotham Jack Pine Barrens State Natural Area: 12.8 mi
- Eagle Cave: 3.4 mi
- M60A3: 10.5 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 17.1 mi
- Elephant Trunk Rock: 17.9 mi
- House on The Rock: 21.1 mi
- Boscobel Station: 9.6 mi
- Richland Museum & Visitor's Center: 12.1 mi
- Richland County History Room: 12.4 mi
- Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum: 15.6 mi
- Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum: 15.7 mi
- Ashford: 11.0 mi
- Mill Creek: 13.3 mi
- McGrew: 14.2 mi
- Henrietta: 22.8 mi
- Corwin: 24.8 mi
- Big Spring: 10.1 mi
- Crowley Spring: 18.9 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 22.3 mi
- Spring House: 23.3 mi
- Cow: 9.9 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 16.2 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Enee Point: 24.3 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 17.0 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 24.8 mi
- Stephens Falls: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue River Sand Barrens State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill in Richland County | N 358° | 390 m | 23.4 mi |
| Sylvan | NNW 343° | 383 m | 16.5 mi |
| Johnson Hill | N 9° | 372 m | 23.3 mi |
| Red Hill | NNW 343° | 366 m | 11.3 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | ESE 112° | 366 m | 17.8 mi |
| Spring Hill | NNE 13° | 366 m | 18.4 mi |
| Eysnogel Hill | N 10° | 366 m | 22.8 mi |
| John Hill | NNE 21° | 355 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:44 | 16:30 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boscobel AP, 8 mi away.
- woolly beachheather18 obs
- prairie pricklypear15 obs
- Festive Tiger Beetle12 obs
- spotted horsemint9 obs
- green carpetweed8 obs
- Big Sand Tiger Beetle8 obs
- rock spikemoss8 obs
- American Copper8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/354532761
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