Picnic site · Wisconsin
Dans Boat Launch
Dans Boat Launch is a picnic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Mount Eve stands 413 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Quincy, a ghost town 0.8 miles away. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates43.86503, -89.95314
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Castle Rock County Park: 1.9 mi
- Castle Rock County Park: 3.0 mi
- Sohlberg Silver Lake State Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- Quincy Bluff State Natural Area: 4.3 mi
- Buckhorn State Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
Peaks: 45
- Quincy Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Lone Rock: 4.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 6.1 mi
- Easton Mound: 7.7 mi
- Barbican Bluff: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 43
- Tiny Town: 8.5 mi
- Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs: 11.5 mi
- Twin Bluffs Cave: 13.5 mi
- Witches Gulch: 15.2 mi
- Witches Gulch: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 25
- Swishtall Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Townline Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Smarts Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Prices Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Round Bluff: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 18
- Ed Bryant Scout Reservation: 2.8 mi
- Mauston School Forest: 7.3 mi
- Lemonweir Bottomland Hardwood Forest State Natural Area: 7.6 mi
- Roche-A-Cri State Park: 11.6 mi
- Roche-a-Cri State Natural Area: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Mrs. Salter Killed Here: 9.0 mi
- Site of the First Norwegain Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche-A-Cri: 10.2 mi
- New Lisbon Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Hop Raising: 10.9 mi
- Lutheran Church 1887-1921: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Quincy: 0.8 mi
- Adams Center: 8.5 mi
- Fordham: 13.4 mi
- Springbluff: 14.3 mi
- Roche a Cri: 14.3 mi
Museums: 9
- Boorman House: 7.4 mi
- Riverside & Great Northern Railway: 17.4 mi
- Elroy Museum: 18.1 mi
- H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center: 18.6 mi
- Museum of Historic Torture Devices: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 9
- Saint Michael Shrine: 11.9 mi
- Saint Anne: 11.9 mi
- Joan of Arc: 11.9 mi
- God and Country: 12.0 mi
- Crucifixion Shrine: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 7.4 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 7.9 mi
- Highway 13 & 21 Wayside: 13.1 mi
- Coloma Rest Area 81: 23.9 mi
- Westfield Rest Area 82: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 3
- Boating Beach: 2.9 mi
- Swimming Beach: 3.2 mi
- Friendship Beach: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dans Boat Launch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Eve | W 280° | 413 m | 20.4 mi |
| Johnson Hill | WSW 252° | 411 m | 14.4 mi |
| Daylight Hill | SW 232° | 396 m | 15.7 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | W 278° | 396 m | 19.7 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 206° | 384 m | 14.7 mi |
| Friendship Mound | NE 39° | 383 m | 10.6 mi |
| Braund Hill | WSW 253° | 378 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 180° | 377 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:02 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:38 | 16:26 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mauston 1 SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
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