Pirate Island
Pirate Island is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. Mount Lowe stands 226 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is 595, a peak 0.5 miles away. Door County Coastal Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 176 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Door County Coastal Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Peninsula Park White Cedar Forest State Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Clark Park: 3.4 mi
- Fish Creek Public Beach: 3.6 mi
- Fish Creek Park: 3.7 mi
- Ephraim Wetlands Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Anchor from schooner Oak Leaf: 1.2 mi
- Horseshoe Island Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Anderson Store and Dock: 4.3 mi
- 45th parallel: 17.4 mi
- Wood cabin: 17.7 mi
- Alexander Noble House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Anderson Store Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ephraim Historical Foundation: 4.4 mi
- Pioneer School: 4.6 mi
- Ephraim Fire Museum: 4.6 mi
- Nicolet Bay Beach: 1.9 mi
- Sunset Beach Park: 3.4 mi
- Fish Creek Public Beach: 3.5 mi
- Village of Ephraim Public Beach: 4.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.2 mi
- 595: 0.5 mi
- 591: 1.0 mi
- 595: 1.4 mi
- Old Baldy: 18.0 mi
- Indian Mound: 20.1 mi
- Svens Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Sister Bluffs: 5.1 mi
- Ellison Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Ellison Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Boyers Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Menominee North Pier Lighthouse: 16.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 21.5 mi
- Sherwood Point Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
- Sherwood Point Cottage: 21.5 mi
- Oil House: 21.5 mi
- Bear Statue: 17.5 mi
- Fisherman Statue: 17.6 mi
- Island Clipper (aka Voight's Marine Service): 13.8 mi
- The Garden Door: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pirate Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lowe | SSW 195° | 226 m | 22.2 mi |
| 709 | SSW 201° | 216 m | 23.2 mi |
| Indian Mound | WSW 257° | 189 m | 20.1 mi |
| 595 | SW 234° | 181 m | 0.5 mi |
| 595 | SSW 194° | 181 m | 1.4 mi |
| 591 | SW 215° | 180 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:55 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:21 | 16:10 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ephraim 1ne-wwtp, 5 mi away.
- Wood Forget-me-not15 obs
- largeflower bellwort15 obs
- large white trillium12 obs
- American White Pelican10 obs
- Common Garter Snake10 obs
- hound's-tongue10 obs
- northern whitecedar10 obs
- Herb Robert10 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 way/3856781
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