Hurley Rest Area 103
Hurley Rest Area 103 is a rest area in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 439 m. Mount Whittlesey stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ironwood Welcome Center, a rest area 0.3 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
94 named places within 25 miles
- Gogebic County Fairgrounds: 0.5 mi
- Curry Park: 0.5 mi
- Memorial Field: 0.6 mi
- Longyear Park: 1.0 mi
- Granite-Copper Triangle: 1.0 mi
- Interstate Falls: 0.8 mi
- Saxon Falls Road: 10.1 mi
- Algonquin Falls: 12.1 mi
- Upson Falls: 12.1 mi
- Superior Falls: 12.4 mi
- Mount Zion: 1.6 mi
- Big Powderhorn Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Point Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Copper Peak: 10.7 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 1.2 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- Moka’aangiizisiban Tribal Museum: 24.0 mi
- Mellen Area Museum: 24.1 mi
- Forests for the Future #8 Conservation Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Island Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 13.5 mi
- Moose Lake State Natural Area: 17.4 mi
- Caroline Lake State Natural Area: 21.2 mi
- Mercer Station: 21.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- The City of Montreal: Site of the World's Deepest Iron Mine: 2.8 mi
- The Apostle Islands: 11.2 mi
- Marenisco Veterans Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian Statue: 1.8 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 5.5 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 12.2 mi
- Ironwood Welcome Center: 0.3 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 8.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hurley Rest Area 103. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whittlesey | WSW 241° | 571 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pleasant Lake Lookout | SSW 207° | 570 m | 16.9 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | E 94° | 553 m | 20.3 mi |
| Porcupine Peak | NE 46° | 530 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Zion | NE 53° | 525 m | 1.6 mi |
| Eagles Peak | WSW 241° | 507 m | 23.7 mi |
| Copper Peak | NNE 28° | 472 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 317° | 399 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:11 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:26 | 16:17 |
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 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hurley, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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