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Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. 595 stands 181 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Big And Little Marsh State Natural Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Door County Coastal Byway passes 8.1 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
176 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.35415, -86.83931

77 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 25
Museums: 13
  • Washington Island Farm Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Thorstein Veblen Study Cabin: 6.3 mi
  • Jens Jacobson's Cabin: 6.3 mi
  • Jacobson's Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Door County Maritime Museum: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 5
Historic sites: 3
Peaks: 3
  • 595: 24.2 mi
  • 591: 24.6 mi
  • 595: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Pottawatomie Lighthouse: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Island Clipper (aka Voight's Marine Service): 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Peninsula Point Recreation Area: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
595WSW 239°181 m24.2 mi
595WSW 237°181 m24.7 mi
591WSW 238°180 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2119:00
June solstice05:0019:5420:40
September equinox06:3518:0818:47
December solstice07:2515:1816:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181928395060666659473626
Precip in1.61.11.72.93.03.12.83.03.23.62.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington IS, 3 mi away.

  • yellow lady's slipper8 obs
  • Dwarf Lake Iris6 obs
  • maidenhair spleenwort5 obs
  • spotted knapweed4 obs
  • fringed polygala4 obs
  • Common Watersnake3 obs
  • northern whitecedar3 obs
  • Leopard Slug3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/353873032

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