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Newark Road Prairie State Natural Area

Newark Road Prairie State Natural Area from directly overhead

Newark Road Prairie State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Beckman Park, a park 2.6 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
244 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.54223, -89.14011

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beckman Park: 2.6 mi
  • Beckman Mill park: 2.6 mi
  • Christilla Park: 3.6 mi
  • Harper's Prairie Park: 3.9 mi
  • Big Hill Park: 4.8 mi
Museums: 29
Historic sites: 24
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 7.0 mi
  • Home of Governor Harvey: 10.4 mi
  • Shopiere Clock: 10.4 mi
  • First State Fair: 11.6 mi
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 16
Artworks: 13
Gardens: 11
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Lions Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Olson Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Standfield Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 24.9 mi
Peaks: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • East Waterfall - O Taki: 17.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillNW 326°338 m24.1 mi
Mount ZionNE 44°316 m16.0 mi
Turtle MoundS 172°218 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2019:5520:38
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2415:4116:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233455666706861493524
Precip in1.61.52.13.74.35.63.44.13.82.82.42.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beloit, 6 mi away.

  • mayapple7 obs
  • Swamp Sparrow6 obs
  • wild geranium6 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit6 obs
  • showy orchis6 obs
  • marsh marigold6 obs
  • largeflower bellwort6 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern5 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/354532696

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