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Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area

Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area from directly overhead

Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 281 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kewaskum Maple-Oak Woods State Natural Area, a park 0.7 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
281 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.50166, -88.19787

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 49
  • Hepburn Woods: 4.3 mi
  • Lac Lawrann Conservancy: 4.3 mi
  • Albecker Natural Area: 5.1 mi
  • Lynn Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
  • Fellenz Woods: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 38
Museums: 17
Attractions: 11
Peaks: 9
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 7
  • Pike Lake Beach: 14.7 mi
  • South Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Public Beach: 19.1 mi
  • South Beach: 20.3 mi
  • North Beach: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Pet Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 16.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 17.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillSSW 204°405 m14.2 mi
Holy HillSSW 200°376 m18.9 mi
Dundee MountainN 9°366 m10.7 mi
Conner HillNNE 14°356 m13.5 mi
Fox HillSSW 198°352 m9.4 mi
Johnson HillNNE 16°351 m14.1 mi
McMullen HillNNE 13°341 m12.6 mi
Garriety HillNNE 13°337 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2719:05
June solstice05:1319:5420:38
September equinox06:4118:1418:52
December solstice07:2315:3316:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192233445666716962493625
Precip in1.91.72.03.93.94.44.04.03.22.92.12.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Bend Public Works, 6 mi away.

  • mayapple14 obs
  • Ghost Pipe12 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica11 obs
  • large white trillium10 obs
  • white baneberry10 obs
  • American Toad10 obs
  • fen grass of Parnassus10 obs
  • wild geranium9 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/354531270

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