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Oliver Prairie State Natural Area

Oliver Prairie State Natural Area from directly overhead

Oliver Prairie State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham's Woods State Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
297 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.68687, -89.49837
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 58
Gardens: 39
  • Lacy Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Badger Prairie Meadow: 21.5 mi
  • Verona Meadow: 21.6 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 27
Museums: 18
  • Albany Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Monticello Area Historical Society: 6.4 mi
  • Brodhead Depot Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Kelch Aviation Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Green County Historical Society Museum: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Reubens Cave: 3.4 mi
  • Magnolia Cave: 8.0 mi
  • Airway Beacon Generator Shed (historical): 8.9 mi
  • Wildcat Cave: 11.1 mi
  • Rock: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 8
Artworks: 6
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 21.3 mi
  • Toy Soldier: 22.0 mi
  • Community: 23.7 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 23.9 mi
  • Seasonal Inspirations: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fireman's Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Troll Beach: 21.0 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 23.8 mi
  • Pet Swim Area: 24.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 20.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Riley Spring: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 21.9 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 23.3 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillNNE 25°338 m10.8 mi
Mount PleasantNNW 333°316 m16.2 mi
Mount JuliaNNW 338°313 m15.8 mi
Badger Mill HillN 355°310 m20.5 mi
Donald RockNNW 335°300 m21.1 mi
Devil's ChimneyNNW 337°294 m17.4 mi
Marshall BluffNW 326°265 m7.2 mi
Devil's Tea TableWSW 243°246 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2119:5720:40
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2615:4216:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475969727062503725
Precip in1.61.82.13.74.25.64.04.33.82.92.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brodhead Wwtp, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canadian lousewort71 obs
  • prairie smoke62 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty60 obs
  • false rue anemone58 obs
  • prairie pasqueflower58 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches57 obs
  • bloodroot50 obs
  • blue phlox50 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/354532629

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