Kessler Railroad Prairie State Natural Area
Kessler Railroad Prairie State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Loch Lomond Park, a park 2.8 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 235 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Loch Lomond Park: 2.8 mi
- Valley Park: 4.2 mi
- Pershing Park: 4.4 mi
- River Valley Park: 4.5 mi
- Rockport Park: 4.5 mi
- Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum: 6.6 mi
- Busse Prairie Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Rockton Bog Nature Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Lost Flora Fen on Racoon Creek: 10.0 mi
- Avon Bottoms State Natural Area: 11.8 mi
- Lincoln Tallman Museum: 6.5 mi
- Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum: 9.1 mi
- Wright Museum of Art: 10.0 mi
- Logan Museum of Anthropology: 10.1 mi
- Rasey House: 10.1 mi
- Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 6.0 mi
- Medal of Honor Memorial: 6.8 mi
- First State Fair: 7.0 mi
- New Life Cross: 9.9 mi
- Home of Governor Harvey: 10.4 mi
- The Wall: 9.8 mi
- NIS Train: 14.1 mi
- MAGGIE THE COW: 22.4 mi
- Harmony Atlas: 22.8 mi
- Ancient Scholar Bunjinze: 23.6 mi
- Five Points: 6.2 mi
- Beckman Mill: 8.3 mi
- Bessie the Cow: 9.6 mi
- Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 9.7 mi
- Coral Cove Family Fun Center: 11.7 mi
- Rotary Botanical Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Womanspace Gardens & Labyrinth: 22.8 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 23.6 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens: 23.6 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 23.6 mi
- Lions Beach: 7.0 mi
- Swimming Beach: 19.7 mi
- Troll Beach: 20.0 mi
- Olson Beach: 20.9 mi
- La Follette Beach: 23.9 mi
- Mount Zion: 12.1 mi
- Liberty Pole Hill: 19.9 mi
- Lookout Point: 24.0 mi
- Turtle Mound: 24.5 mi
- Marshall Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 11.2 mi
- Rest Area #17 Janesville: 11.6 mi
- Janesville Rest Area 17: 11.7 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 12.2 mi
- Fellows: 9.1 mi
- Clarence: 13.8 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 16.5 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 23.6 mi
- Williams Knoll: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kessler Railroad Prairie State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Pole Hill | NW 315° | 338 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Zion | ENE 62° | 316 m | 12.1 mi |
| Marshall Bluff | WNW 294° | 265 m | 24.9 mi |
| Turtle Mound | S 175° | 218 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, 4 mi away.
- white campion4 obs
- hoary alyssum3 obs
- yellow star grass3 obs
- compass plant3 obs
- stiff-leaved goldenrod3 obs
- prairie phlox3 obs
- Catnip2 obs
- giant ragweed2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/354532921
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