Mount Hope Pond State Wildlife Area
Mount Hope Pond State Wildlife Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 249 m. Mondell Hill stands 347 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Anderson Mills & The Dinky Railroad, a historic site 3.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 8.4 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 249 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 4.3 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
- 16.9 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crows Nest · 16 mi
- Fire Point · 18 mi
- Hanging Rock · 18 mi
- luster Heights · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wauzeka Bottoms State Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- River Park: 4.2 mi
- School Park: 4.4 mi
- Century Field: 4.4 mi
- Woodman Lake Sand Prairie and Dead Lake State Natural Area: 5.1 mi
- Adiantum Woods State Natural Area: 3.9 mi
- Borah Creek Prairie: 9.6 mi
- Boscobel Bluffs: 10.8 mi
- Wyalusing Hardwood Forest State Natural Area: 12.6 mi
- Wyalusing Walnut Forest State Natural Area: 14.3 mi
- Anderson Mills & The Dinky Railroad: 3.0 mi
- Woodman & the Dinky railroad: 4.6 mi
- The Gideons: 9.3 mi
- Tank: 9.9 mi
- Jefferson Davis Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum: 9.9 mi
- Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum: 10.0 mi
- Boscobel Station: 10.1 mi
- Grant County History Museum: 14.3 mi
- Fort Crawford Museum: 15.4 mi
- St. Feriole Island Play Area: 15.8 mi
- St. Feriole Island Riverfront Playground: 16.1 mi
- Little Bear Mound: 17.7 mi
- Eagle Cave: 21.2 mi
- Guttenberg Fish Hatchery: 21.3 mi
- Crowley Spring: 13.1 mi
- Big Spring: 20.4 mi
- Big Spring: 22.0 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 25.0 mi
- Point Ann: 16.6 mi
- Nezekaw Point: 17.5 mi
- Fire Point: 17.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 17.7 mi
- Cow: 9.8 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 10.1 mi
- Pink Elephant Statue: 16.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 16.5 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 24.9 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 13.8 mi
- St. Feriole Island Gardens: 15.8 mi
- Wyalusing Beach: 16.2 mi
- Roadside Park Reststop: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Hope Pond State Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mondell Hill | W 278° | 347 m | 13.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 69° | 326 m | 23.3 mi |
| Pine Knob | ENE 71° | 325 m | 5.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Point | NE 36° | 309 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pine Knob | WSW 255° | 302 m | 3.4 mi |
| Cedar Point | NE 37° | 295 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cooper Hill | NE 46° | 290 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cedar Cliff | E 85° | 287 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Steuben 4 SE, 7 mi away.
- Brown Trout2 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 obs
- wild geranium1 obs
- Sauger1 obs
- Brook Trout1 obs
- red columbine1 obs
- showy orchis1 obs
- turkey-tail1 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/354529753
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