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Dorn Creek Marsh State Fishery Area

Dorn Creek Marsh State Fishery Area from directly overhead

Dorn Creek Marsh State Fishery Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dorn Creek State Fishery Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
263 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.14166, -89.45568
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Metropolitan Park: 1.0 mi
  • Christina Park: 1.1 mi
  • John Harvey & Lucille Taylor Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Blue Ridge Park: 1.7 mi
  • Town Center Park: 1.8 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Middleton Community Veterans' Tribute: 3.4 mi
  • Waunakee Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Bamforth Bluff Restoration: 4.0 mi
  • Edward Young House: 4.0 mi
  • William Dempster Hoard: 5.1 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks: 28
Museums: 27
Beaches: 26
  • Indianola Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Warner Park Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Spring Harbor Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Willow Beach: 4.7 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
Springs: 9
  • Springs: 2.0 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Council Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 8.6 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 11.1 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 16.5 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Train Car: 11.3 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 19.6 mi
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 10.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dorn Creek Marsh State Fishery Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsWSW 249°524 m21.5 mi
Sauk PointNNW 333°449 m22.3 mi
Sauk HillNW 320°445 m23.6 mi
Cascade MountainN 353°388 m24.5 mi
Townhall HillN 351°380 m23.7 mi
Indian CastleW 259°354 m22.8 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 311°346 m15.8 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 174°338 m21.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:42
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334465868727062503725
Precip in1.51.52.33.84.15.34.54.23.42.82.21.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Dane CO Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee69 obs
  • prairie false indigo60 obs
  • wild quinine55 obs
  • mayapple52 obs
  • false sunflower48 obs
  • rattlesnake master47 obs
  • compass plant46 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee45 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/354527965

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