Tower Hill
Tower Hill rises to 240 m in Wisconsin. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill State Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Wisconsin, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49084449, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 240 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Tower Hill Bottoms State Natural Area: 0.4 mi
- Spring Green South Park: 2.1 mi
- Spring Green Municipal Park: 2.4 mi
- Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area: 3.7 mi
- Arena Community Park: 7.1 mi
- Tower Hill State Park: 0.1 mi
- Arena High School Woods: 3.1 mi
- Arena Pines & Sand Barrens State Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- Sauk County Forest: 7.4 mi
- Governor Dodge State Park: 9.3 mi
- Percussion Rock: 5.5 mi
- Deer Shelter Rock: 5.6 mi
- Pine Knob: 8.0 mi
- Dunbar Hill: 8.8 mi
- Indian Castle: 8.8 mi
- Barn Foundation: 0.2 mi
- Lone Rock: 7.6 mi
- Cabin Foundation: 9.9 mi
- Village Of Dover: 10.5 mi
- Old Military Road: 11.7 mi
- House on The Rock: 5.7 mi
- Hyde Mill: 6.3 mi
- Twin Valley Cave: 8.7 mi
- Ridgeway Depot: 10.6 mi
- Boeing C-97G: 11.8 mi
- Point Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Enee Point: 10.2 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Black Earth Children's Museum: 15.1 mi
- Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 18.3 mi
- Tripp Heritage Museum: 19.1 mi
- Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 19.7 mi
- Museum of Badger Army Ammunition: 20.7 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 8.5 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 9.8 mi
- Mazo Beach: 12.7 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 18.5 mi
- Spring House: 9.4 mi
- Big Spring: 19.1 mi
- Riley Spring: 23.2 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 23.7 mi
- Rock Springs: 24.0 mi
- Forward Garden: 24.7 mi
- Native American Garden: 24.7 mi
- Theme Garden: 24.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 24.8 mi
- Emmett Schulte Garden: 24.8 mi
- Forevertron: 20.3 mi
- Time Keeper: 21.4 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 21.9 mi
- CCC Worker: 24.7 mi
- Stephens Falls: 9.4 mi
- Skillet Falls: 24.6 mi
- Pendarvis: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | SE 131° | 524 m | 12.9 mi |
| Happy Hill | NNE 29° | 451 m | 19.2 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NE 39° | 445 m | 22.6 mi |
| Maple Hill | NNE 22° | 424 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSW 192° | 371 m | 9.7 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | WSW 246° | 366 m | 8.8 mi |
| John Hill | WNW 295° | 355 m | 24.0 mi |
| Indian Castle | ESE 124° | 354 m | 8.8 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/349451026
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