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Mazomanie State Wildlife Area

Mazomanie State Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Mazomanie State Wildlife Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 226 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wisconsin Heights Battle Grounds, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
226 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.25500, -89.73345
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Wisconsin Heights Battle Grounds: 0.9 mi
  • Father Adalbert Inama -- St. Norbert House: 2.8 mi
  • Old Halfway Prairie: 5.0 mi
  • The Baraboo Range: 5.5 mi
  • Steidtman Farmstead Barn: 5.7 mi
Parks
  • Fuchs Park: 0.9 mi
  • Meyer Oak Grove Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sauk City Historic Park: 1.4 mi
  • First United Church of Christ Park: 1.5 mi
  • Junge Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Treinen Farm Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch: 6.8 mi
  • Gibraltar Rock: 9.0 mi
  • Devil's Doorway: 11.0 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 11.0 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 11.8 mi
Artworks
  • Time Keeper: 7.6 mi
  • Forevertron: 7.7 mi
  • Earth, Sky, Water: 8.1 mi
  • CCC Worker: 10.8 mi
  • Pink Elephant: 17.8 mi
Gardens
  • Knot Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Secret Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Native American Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Forward Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Theme Garden: 15.0 mi
Peaks: 36
Beaches: 25
Museums: 24
Cliffs: 19
Springs: 10
  • Koshawago Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Spring House: 13.4 mi
  • Springs: 15.6 mi
  • Riley Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 17.4 mi
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 17.5 mi
  • Train Car: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 19.6 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Skillet Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Cascade Aerator: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsSSW 201°524 m16.8 mi
Happy HillNW 326°451 m11.5 mi
Sauk PointNNE 17°449 m12.5 mi
Sauk HillN 353°445 m10.2 mi
Maple HillNW 318°424 m13.2 mi
Cascade MountainNNE 33°388 m19.7 mi
Townhall HillNNE 33°380 m18.7 mi
Bunker HillSW 227°371 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2020:0020:43
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2915:4016:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133455767716961493624
Precip in1.31.31.93.94.35.34.24.13.92.42.21.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sauk City Wwtp, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • prairie pricklypear58 obs
  • spotted horsemint48 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee33 obs
  • American germander32 obs
  • common soapwort29 obs
  • common milkweed28 obs
  • goat's rue28 obs
  • whorled milkweed28 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353882877

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