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Coloma Rest Area 81

Coloma Rest Area 81 from directly overhead

Coloma Rest Area 81 is a rest area in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Friendship Mound stands 383 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Fox Headwaters State Natural Area, a park 0.4 miles away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates43.97883, -89.50010

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Upper Fox Headwaters State Natural Area: 0.4 mi
  • Curtis Lake Park: 4.1 mi
  • Lawrence Creek State Natural Area: 7.4 mi
  • Lawrence Creek State Wildlife Area: 7.4 mi
  • Greenwood State Wildlife Refuge: 8.6 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Johns Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Ship Rock: 9.3 mi
  • Mount Pisgah: 9.9 mi
  • Stone Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Minnie Rock: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Attractions: 7
  • The Painted Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Weather Rock: 13.1 mi
  • The Montello Cottonwood: 15.3 mi
  • Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs: 15.9 mi
  • Tiny Town: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Friendship Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Chippy's Sports Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Boating Beach: 24.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Roche-a-Cri State Park: 16.0 mi
  • Site of the First Norwegain Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche-A-Cri: 20.9 mi
  • Lutheran Church 1887-1921: 21.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Lion: 15.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Fenrich Springs: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coloma Rest Area 81. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Friendship MoundW 271°383 m15.8 mi
Mosquito BluffN 359°378 m20.7 mi
Dorra Cooshe MountainNW 314°372 m19.4 mi
Roche-a-CriW 276°350 m15.9 mi
Mount MorrisENE 58°346 m18.4 mi
The LedgeN 358°346 m22.1 mi
Lone RockNNW 347°342 m19.3 mi
Keystone RockNW 314°340 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1620:0120:45
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:3015:3616:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162031445766706860483422
Precip in1.11.01.93.64.24.94.14.03.32.72.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock EXP Farm, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/299622085

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