Yellowstone Savanna State Natural Area
Yellowstone Savanna State Natural Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellowstone Lake State Park, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 297 m
How to reach it
- 29.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Yellowstone Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Ryan Hotel Park: 5.6 mi
- McKellar Park: 5.8 mi
- Argyle Legion Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Olaf Martinson Legion Park: 7.4 mi
- Yellowstone Lake State Park: 0.8 mi
- York Praire State Natural Area: 9.8 mi
- Hauge Historic District Park: 13.0 mi
- Schurch-Thomson Prairie: 13.3 mi
- Shea Prairie: 13.8 mi
- Argyle Bridge Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Saxton House: 6.8 mi
- Fort Defiance: 8.7 mi
- Fort Hamilton: 9.4 mi
- Shake Rag: 12.4 mi
- Pendarvis Historic Site: 12.5 mi
- Hauge Log Church: 13.0 mi
- Wildcat Cave: 15.7 mi
- Ridgeway Depot: 15.8 mi
- New Glarus Town Hall (Historic): 16.8 mi
- Ryan Hill: 8.7 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 16.0 mi
- Bunker Hill: 17.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 18.1 mi
- Blue Mounds: 18.5 mi
- Blanchardville Museum: 5.7 mi
- Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 7.0 mi
- The Toy Train Barn: 10.0 mi
- The Lafayette County Historical Society Depot Museum: 10.3 mi
- Wisconsin Odd Fellow Rebekah Museum: 12.5 mi
- Big Spring: 19.5 mi
- Spring House: 19.6 mi
- Cleary Spring: 20.0 mi
- Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 21.2 mi
- Riley Spring: 24.4 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 18.2 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 19.0 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 24.0 mi
- Enee Point: 18.4 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Stephens Falls: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellowstone Savanna State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | NNE 17° | 524 m | 18.5 mi |
| Platte Mounds | W 269° | 435 m | 22.6 mi |
| Belmont Mound | W 269° | 427 m | 19.7 mi |
| Little Mound | W 268° | 389 m | 21.7 mi |
| White Hill | SW 221° | 381 m | 21.0 mi |
| Charles Mound | SW 217° | 374 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNW 339° | 371 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Sumner | SSW 204° | 357 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:44 | 16:30 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darlington Wwtp, 10 mi away.
- prickly cucumber14 obs
- closed bottle gentian13 obs
- tall bellflower13 obs
- common jewelweed12 obs
- multiflora rose12 obs
- virgin's-bower11 obs
- rattlesnake master11 obs
- common cowparsnip10 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/354532555
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