Ward-Swartz Decatur Woods State Natural Area
Ward-Swartz Decatur Woods State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Decatur Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Decatur Park: 0.3 mi
- Head Gates Park: 0.9 mi
- Putnam Park: 2.3 mi
- Legion Park: 2.3 mi
- Tinker's Garden: 2.6 mi
- Three Waters Reserve: 0.5 mi
- Abraham's Woods State Natural Area: 4.4 mi
- Magnolia Bluff County Park: 6.9 mi
- Swenson Wet Prairie State Natural Area: 7.0 mi
- Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area: 8.1 mi
- Half Way Tree: 4.6 mi
- English Settlement Cemetery: 6.7 mi
- Monticello Area Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Nickolaus Gerber: 11.6 mi
- Almeron Eager Funerary Monument and Plot: 11.7 mi
- Brodhead Depot Museum: 2.7 mi
- Kelch Aviation Museum: 4.0 mi
- Albany Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
- Evansville Community Partnership: 11.3 mi
- Monticello Area Historical Society: 11.5 mi
- Airway Beacon Generator Shed (historical): 4.0 mi
- Reubens Cave: 5.7 mi
- Magnolia Cave: 6.7 mi
- Rock: 14.7 mi
- Beckman Mill: 15.6 mi
- Marshall Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Liberty Pole Hill: 12.8 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 19.3 mi
- Mount Julia: 20.2 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 20.9 mi
- Lions Beach: 20.8 mi
- Troll Beach: 20.9 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 23.9 mi
- La Follette Beach: 24.3 mi
- Pet Swim Area: 24.5 mi
- Rest Area #17 Janesville: 22.4 mi
- Janesville Rest Area 17: 22.5 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 23.9 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 24.1 mi
- Rotary Botanical Gardens: 20.9 mi
- Lacy Garden: 23.2 mi
- Badger Prairie Meadow: 25.0 mi
- The Wall: 21.8 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 24.9 mi
- Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 21.9 mi
- Big Spring: 24.8 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 24.5 mi
- Williams Knoll: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ward-Swartz Decatur Woods State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Pole Hill | N 1° | 338 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NW 326° | 316 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Julia | NNW 330° | 313 m | 20.2 mi |
| Badger Mill Hill | NNW 346° | 310 m | 24.0 mi |
| Devil's Chimney | NNW 330° | 294 m | 21.9 mi |
| Marshall Bluff | NW 317° | 265 m | 12.1 mi |
| Devil's Tea Table | WSW 257° | 246 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:57 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brodhead Wwtp, 2 mi away.
- Painted Turtle5 obs
- American pokeweed5 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom5 obs
- Common Watersnake4 obs
- dame's rocket4 obs
- common milkweed4 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit4 obs
- common selfheal4 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/1117940572
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