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Forest County Fairground

Forest County Fairground from directly overhead

Forest County Fairground is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 495 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 583 m to the east-southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest County Historical Society, a museum 0.6 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 17 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
495 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.57469, -88.89456

50 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 18
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • Atkins Lake State Natural Area: 9.5 mi
  • Argonne Experimental Forest: 12.2 mi
  • Bog Brook State Wildlife Area: 13.1 mi
  • Fairgrounds: 14.9 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Peaks: 6
  • East Hill: 1.2 mi
  • West Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Sugarbush Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Hib's Knob: 14.8 mi
  • Kent Lookout: 22.9 mi
Museums: 4
  • Forest County Historical Society: 0.6 mi
  • FCP Cultural Center, Library & Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Three Lakes Historical Society: 20.3 mi
  • Northwoods Petroleum Museum: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Logger's Site: 23.5 mi
  • Backwoods Breakfast: 23.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • McCaslin Spring: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest County Fairground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarbush HillESE 107°583 m4.1 mi
Kent LookoutS 179°580 m22.9 mi
East HillSSE 165°565 m1.2 mi
West HillWSW 246°531 m1.5 mi
Ninemile HillSSE 166°463 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2919:08
June solstice05:0720:0320:49
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3415:2616:15

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121526395260646255433018
Precip in1.31.31.93.13.84.74.03.23.83.32.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laona 6 SW, 8 mi away.

  • American Toad4 obs
  • Mallard3 obs
  • White-tailed Deer3 obs
  • box elder3 obs
  • Red Fox2 obs
  • sugar maple2 obs
  • common selfheal2 obs
  • common yarrow2 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/354527368

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