Rock River Prairie State Natural Area
Rock River Prairie State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 236 m. Lone Tree Bluff stands 320 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Hill Park, a park 1.0 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 236 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Hill Park: 1.0 mi
- Happy Hollow Park: 1.9 mi
- Armstrong Eddy Park: 3.2 mi
- Telfer Park: 3.2 mi
- Christilla Park: 3.5 mi
- Rockton Bog Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Busse Prairie Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Lost Flora Fen on Racoon Creek: 8.2 mi
- William & Gayle Keefer Nature Reserve: 8.9 mi
- Hononegah Forest Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Wright Museum of Art: 4.9 mi
- Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Logan Museum of Anthropology: 4.9 mi
- Rasey House: 4.9 mi
- Bushnell Wheeler House: 5.7 mi
- Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 1.9 mi
- Home of Governor Harvey: 5.2 mi
- Shopiere Clock: 5.2 mi
- First State Fair: 7.9 mi
- Medal of Honor Memorial: 8.3 mi
- The Wall: 4.6 mi
- NIS Train: 15.3 mi
- Harmony Atlas: 18.0 mi
- MAGGIE THE COW: 19.2 mi
- Ancient Scholar Bunjinze: 19.5 mi
- Skydive the Rock: 6.4 mi
- Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 6.8 mi
- Coral Cove Family Fun Center: 7.1 mi
- Five Points: 7.4 mi
- Beckman Mill: 7.7 mi
- Rotary Botanical Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Womanspace Gardens & Labyrinth: 18.2 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 19.3 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 19.3 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens: 19.5 mi
- Lions Beach: 7.1 mi
- Olson Beach: 15.7 mi
- Swimming Beach: 21.0 mi
- Standfield Beach: 22.2 mi
- Whitewater Beach: 22.4 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 5.4 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 6.7 mi
- Rest Area #17 Janesville: 13.7 mi
- Janesville Rest Area 17: 13.8 mi
- Mount Zion: 11.3 mi
- Lookout Point: 20.0 mi
- Turtle Mound: 20.7 mi
- Lone Tree Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 10.6 mi
- Fellows: 14.6 mi
- Clarence: 18.1 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock River Prairie State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree Bluff | NE 51° | 320 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Zion | NNE 33° | 316 m | 11.3 mi |
| Turtle Mound | S 187° | 218 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, 5 mi away.
- prairie pasqueflower31 obs
- wild geranium26 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit19 obs
- mayapple18 obs
- Prairie Buttercup17 obs
- common buckthorn16 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort16 obs
- prairie smoke15 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/354532702
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