Tower Hill Bottoms State Natural Area
Tower Hill Bottoms State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 216 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill State Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 216 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Tower Hill State Park: 0.3 mi
- Arena High School Woods: 3.0 mi
- Arena Pines & Sand Barrens State Natural Area: 6.1 mi
- Sauk County Forest: 7.3 mi
- Governor Dodge State Park: 9.6 mi
- Spring Green South Park: 1.9 mi
- Spring Green Municipal Park: 2.1 mi
- Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Arena Community Park: 7.0 mi
- Brace Park: 7.5 mi
- Tower Hill: 0.4 mi
- Percussion Rock: 5.7 mi
- Deer Shelter Rock: 5.8 mi
- Pine Knob: 8.1 mi
- Indian Castle: 9.0 mi
- Barn Foundation: 0.5 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 1.3 mi
- Lone Rock: 7.6 mi
- Cabin Foundation: 10.2 mi
- Village Of Dover: 10.4 mi
- House on The Rock: 5.9 mi
- Hyde Mill: 6.6 mi
- Hyde Mill: 6.6 mi
- Twin Valley Cave: 9.1 mi
- Ridgeway Depot: 11.0 mi
- Point Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Enee Point: 10.6 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Black Earth Children's Museum: 15.0 mi
- Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 18.4 mi
- Tripp Heritage Museum: 18.8 mi
- Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 20.0 mi
- Museum of Badger Army Ammunition: 20.4 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 8.8 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 10.2 mi
- Mazo Beach: 12.5 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 15.1 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 18.3 mi
- Spring House: 9.7 mi
- Big Spring: 19.3 mi
- Spring House: 22.3 mi
- Riley Spring: 23.2 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 23.4 mi
- Forward Garden: 24.7 mi
- Native American Garden: 24.7 mi
- Theme Garden: 24.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 24.8 mi
- Secret Garden: 24.8 mi
- Forevertron: 20.0 mi
- Time Keeper: 21.1 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 21.6 mi
- CCC Worker: 24.4 mi
- Stephens Falls: 9.7 mi
- Skillet Falls: 24.3 mi
- Pendarvis: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tower Hill Bottoms State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | SE 132° | 524 m | 13.0 mi |
| Happy Hill | NNE 29° | 451 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NE 40° | 445 m | 22.3 mi |
| Maple Hill | NNE 22° | 424 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSW 192° | 371 m | 10.0 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | WSW 244° | 366 m | 9.0 mi |
| John Hill | WNW 294° | 355 m | 23.9 mi |
| Indian Castle | SE 126° | 354 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:42 | 16:29 |
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 | 23 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lone Rock TRI CO AP, 8 mi away.
- common soapwort41 obs
- cardinal flower39 obs
- spotted horsemint38 obs
- hoary vervain37 obs
- buttonbush35 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee34 obs
- common milkweed33 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle29 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/354532825
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