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Otter Creek Oak Barrens State Natural Area

Otter Creek Oak Barrens State Natural Area from directly overhead

Otter Creek Oak Barrens State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 340 m. Otteson Bluff stands 383 m to the south-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is 22 Mile Ford Park, a park 6.6 miles away. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
340 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.08635, -91.83767

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 19
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 11
Historic sites: 10
Artworks: 10
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Wakanda Beach: 13.6 mi
  • City Beach: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Otteson BluffSSW 203°383 m8.9 mi
Pikes PeakENE 66°380 m24.0 mi
Elk MoundSSE 153°368 m16.1 mi
Panther HillSSE 155°350 m13.5 mi
Hanke HillSSE 166°341 m9.1 mi
The PinnacleSSW 198°341 m19.0 mi
Mount WashingtonSE 144°305 m24.7 mi
Mount SimonSE 137°289 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:20
June solstice05:2120:1320:59
September equinox06:5518:2819:07
December solstice07:4415:4016:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121628435565696758463219
Precip in1.01.22.13.34.14.74.54.53.63.11.91.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ridgeland 1nne, 9 mi away.

  • Banded Bullet Gall Wasp4 obs
  • Goldenrod Gall Fly3 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee3 obs
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth3 obs
  • wood anemone3 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil2 obs
  • American hazelnut2 obs
  • Lyreleaf Rockcress2 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/354532000

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