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Tichigan State Wildlife Area

Tichigan State Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Tichigan State Wildlife Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. Lapham Hill stands 368 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
237 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.80752, -88.24704

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Slak Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kettle Glen Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bayview Canoe Launch: 2.3 mi
  • Fairview Park: 2.4 mi
  • Path park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Wind Lake Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Voree Historic Town Site: 9.1 mi
  • Burlington High School Wall of Fame: 9.4 mi
  • Twin 40mm/56cal anti-aircraft naval gun: 9.9 mi
  • M110A2 self-propelled 8-inch howitzer: 9.9 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Saint Fiacre: 14.0 mi
  • Pelican: 14.0 mi
  • Cat: 14.1 mi
  • Cat: 14.1 mi
  • Passage "Fall": 14.1 mi
Museums: 41
Gardens: 38
  • Waterford Rain Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Cremains Scattering Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Wild Flowers Garden: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Pet Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 8: 13.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 7: 13.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 13.7 mi
  • DJ Mackie Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
Springs: 13
  • Hygeia Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Scuppernong Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Silurian Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Family Camp Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Palmyra Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Riviera Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Swimming beach: 19.2 mi
  • Twin Lakes Park Beach: 20.1 mi
Peaks: 8
Ghost towns: 8

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lapham HillNNW 335°368 m17.2 mi
Lone Tree BluffW 267°320 m21.6 mi
Bald BluffW 278°317 m18.4 mi
Buena Park HillSE 140°290 m1.3 mi
Gander MountainS 173°283 m21.9 mi
Hill FifteenS 185°276 m24.0 mi
Mount TomSSE 164°265 m11.0 mi
Mount MoriahS 183°257 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1519:5320:36
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2115:3616:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334455767716962503726
Precip in1.71.72.13.84.04.73.83.83.62.92.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Wwtp, 6 mi away.

  • fen grass of Parnassus8 obs
  • lesser fringed gentian8 obs
  • Painted Turtle7 obs
  • Kalm's Lobelia7 obs
  • Northern Leopard Frog6 obs
  • Riddell's goldenrod6 obs
  • Canada Goose5 obs
  • Ghost Pipe5 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/354532926

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