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Dewey Heights Prairie State Natural Area

Dewey Heights Prairie State Natural Area from directly overhead

Dewey Heights Prairie State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. Sherrill Mound stands 374 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonefield Historic Site, a museum 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.1 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
248 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.73424, -91.01962

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Volunteer Park: 2.0 mi
  • Riverside Park: 2.2 mi
  • Mississippi Valley Overlook: 3.7 mi
  • Pickle ball courts: 4.8 mi
  • River Side Park: 4.8 mi
Artworks: 47
  • Pink Elephant Statue: 22.7 mi
  • Ram: 22.9 mi
  • The Inevitability of Land: 23.7 mi
  • Coretta Scott King: 23.7 mi
  • Portal: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 19
Attractions: 11
Peaks: 8
  • Hefel Ridge: 4.4 mi
  • Sugar Loaf: 7.0 mi
  • Balltown Ridge: 8.6 mi
  • Sherrill Mound: 14.3 mi
  • Sundown Mountain: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dewey Heights Prairie State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sherrill MoundSE 128°374 m14.3 mi
Balltown RidgeSE 141°355 m8.6 mi
Chicken RidgeWNW 284°355 m22.1 mi
Sundown MountainSE 146°348 m18.1 mi
Mondell HillN 350°347 m22.6 mi
Pine KnobNNE 16°302 m20.3 mi
Hefel RidgeSSE 153°281 m4.4 mi
Sugar LoafSSE 154°241 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3919:16
June solstice05:2720:0320:47
September equinox06:5218:2619:03
December solstice07:3215:4816:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192336496170747264523825
Precip in1.31.22.03.74.65.74.93.63.72.82.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Guttenberg L&D 10, 5 mi away.

  • Fee's lip fern18 obs
  • butterfly milkweed17 obs
  • leadplant16 obs
  • eastern redcedar14 obs
  • intermediate bellflower14 obs
  • red columbine13 obs
  • honey locust13 obs
  • smooth cliffbrake12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/354532752

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