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Jackson Harbor Ridges State Natural Area

Jackson Harbor Ridges State Natural Area from directly overhead

Jackson Harbor Ridges State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. The nearest named place is Johnson Harbor Dunes Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Door County Coastal Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
178 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.39667, -86.85167

88 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
Museums: 14
  • Washington Island Farm Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Thorstein Veblen Study Cabin: 4.6 mi
  • Jens Jacobson's Cabin: 4.6 mi
  • Jacobson's Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Door County Maritime Museum: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Anderson Store and Dock: 22.5 mi
  • Horseshoe Island Memorial: 23.0 mi
  • Livery Stable Site: 23.9 mi
  • Stock Barn Site: 23.9 mi
  • Carpenter Shop Site: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
Lighthouses: 1
  • Pottawatomie Lighthouse: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Island Clipper (aka Voight's Marine Service): 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Peninsula Point Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Community Garden: 25.0 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.

  • Painted-cup paintbrush30 obs
  • Kalm's Lobelia26 obs
  • Common Watersnake24 obs
  • Herb Robert17 obs
  • common silverweed15 obs
  • common milkweed12 obs
  • Leopard Slug12 obs
  • common toadflax11 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/354533097

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