Pecatonica River Woods State Natural Area
Pecatonica River Woods State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 277 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the south-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Rewey Community Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 20 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 277 m
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 24.7 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 26 mi
- Shiras Point · 26 mi
- River Viewing Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rewey Community Park: 2.9 mi
- Belmont Mound Woods State Natural Area: 4.8 mi
- Iowa County Fair Grounds: 7.2 mi
- Water Tower Park: 7.9 mi
- Library Park: 8.3 mi
- Belmont Mound: 5.2 mi
- Little Mound: 6.2 mi
- Platte Mounds: 6.5 mi
- Big Rock: 14.7 mi
- Sunset Rock: 15.7 mi
- Governor Tommy G. Thompson's 1998 Address at Wisconsin's First Capitol: 5.4 mi
- 1998 Wisconsin Assembly: 5.4 mi
- Belmont - Wisconsin Territory 1836: 5.4 mi
- Old Rock Church: 7.7 mi
- Historic Mineral Point: 7.9 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 5.4 mi
- Platte Mound M: 6.5 mi
- Waterfall: 8.3 mi
- Pendarvis Historic Site: 8.6 mi
- Boeing C-97G: 14.4 mi
- Belmont Mound State Park: 5.3 mi
- Platteville Mound Park: 6.5 mi
- Belmont Prairie State Natural Area: 7.3 mi
- SW WI Grassland & Stream Conservation Area - Davis Unit: 8.3 mi
- Bloomfield Prarie: 9.3 mi
- Wisconsin Odd Fellow Rebekah Museum: 8.2 mi
- The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 10.3 mi
- The Lafayette County Historical Society Depot Museum: 16.0 mi
- Grant County History Museum: 18.7 mi
- Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum: 18.7 mi
- Pendarvis: 8.6 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 24.0 mi
- Sinnipee: 24.6 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 16.7 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 18.0 mi
- Big Spring: 16.5 mi
- Spring House: 16.6 mi
- Stephens Falls: 16.6 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 19.2 mi
- Enee Point: 16.0 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pecatonica River Woods State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | SSW 211° | 435 m | 6.5 mi |
| Belmont Mound | S 185° | 427 m | 5.2 mi |
| Little Mound | SSW 204° | 389 m | 6.2 mi |
| White Hill | SSE 165° | 381 m | 21.7 mi |
| Charles Mound | SSE 168° | 374 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NE 48° | 371 m | 17.3 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | NNE 21° | 366 m | 18.7 mi |
| Sinsinawa Mound | SSW 205° | 353 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:45 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platteville, 9 mi away.
- wild geranium21 obs
- American gromwell14 obs
- blue phlox13 obs
- aniseroot9 obs
- drooping trillium8 obs
- mayapple7 obs
- false rue anemone7 obs
- Canada clearweed7 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/354532823
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 29 mi
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