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Eagle Centre Prairie State Natural Area

Eagle Centre Prairie State Natural Area from directly overhead

Eagle Centre Prairie State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 288 m. Lapham Hill stands 368 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
288 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.87196, -88.48065

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eagle Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • Abby's Park: 3.7 mi
  • Stone Brook Subdivision Gathering: 4.0 mi
  • Carlin Weld Park: 4.0 mi
  • Peters Park: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves: 53
Historic sites: 47
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 30
Museums: 24
Gardens: 21
Springs: 12
  • Minnehaha Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Stute Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Scuppernong Springs: 4.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 4.3 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • DJ Mackie Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 8: 22.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 22.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 7: 22.9 mi
  • Pet Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Family Camp Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Palmyra Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Assembly Park Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Riviera Beach: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Peaks: 5
  • Bald Bluff: 6.6 mi
  • Lone Tree Bluff: 11.2 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Mount Tom: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lapham HillNNE 22°368 m11.9 mi
Lone Tree BluffWSW 241°320 m11.2 mi
Bald BluffWSW 253°317 m6.6 mi
Buena Park HillESE 113°290 m13.8 mi
Mount TomSE 135°265 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1619:5420:37
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2215:3716:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334465767716962503725
Precip in1.71.82.13.94.34.94.14.03.52.92.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sullivan 3 SE - WFO MKX, 8 mi away.

  • Green Frog36 obs
  • Sundial Lupine19 obs
  • common milkweed18 obs
  • prairie smoke17 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper17 obs
  • Blue Dasher15 obs
  • American pokeweed14 obs
  • bur oak14 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/354531584

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