Menomonie Eastbound Rest Area 61
Menomonie Eastbound Rest Area 61 is a rest area in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Otteson Bluff stands 383 m to the north, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Chippewa Valley White Pine Historic Marker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1989
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ridgewood Park: 0.4 mi
- Menomonie Lion's Club Wild Game Park: 0.6 mi
- Menomin County Park: 0.8 mi
- Point Comfort Park: 1.1 mi
- Miller Junction Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Bullard Hill: 1.7 mi
- Meadow Hill: 1.9 mi
- Fairgrounds Hill: 2.1 mi
- Tower Hill: 2.3 mi
- Harvey Hill: 2.4 mi
- Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum: 0.6 mi
- Dunn County Historical Society: 0.6 mi
- Wilson Place Museum: 2.0 mi
- Downsville Community Museum: 9.2 mi
- Colfax Railroad Museum: 10.8 mi
- Lake Menomin Fishery Area: 1.7 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 4.5 mi
- Menomonie Town Forest: 5.0 mi
- Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow State Natural Area: 8.6 mi
- Bjornson Education & Recreation Center: 9.2 mi
- Gnome of the steps: 2.3 mi
- What You See Is What You Get: 2.4 mi
- Gateway: 2.5 mi
- Portal: 2.5 mi
- Borderline: 2.5 mi
- Chippewa Valley White Pine Historic Marker: 0.0 mi
- World War I Historic Marker: 0.1 mi
- Dunn County Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Bell Monument: 2.6 mi
- Dunnville Sandstone: 12.6 mi
- Echo Rock: 1.7 mi
- Yellow Bank: 16.6 mi
- 3rd Street Cliffs: 19.9 mi
- Limekiln Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Old Maids Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Dunn County Jail Garden: 1.7 mi
- UW-Sprout: 2.2 mi
- 9/11 memorial: 2.6 mi
- Friendship Garden: 11.4 mi
- Forest Street Garden: 20.6 mi
- Old Tyrone: 13.7 mi
- Welch Point: 15.0 mi
- Porter's Mills: 19.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.9 mi
- Nelsonville: 24.0 mi
- brewery nønic: 2.5 mi
- Interpretive Center: 16.7 mi
- Crystal Cave: 17.7 mi
- Menomonie Westbound Rest Area 62: 0.1 mi
- Wayside 46-07: 17.1 mi
- Wakanda Beach: 0.8 mi
- Tripp Falls: 3.9 mi
- Beckey Spring: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Menomonie Eastbound Rest Area 61. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otteson Bluff | N 359° | 383 m | 4.2 mi |
| Tuttle Hill | SW 228° | 372 m | 16.0 mi |
| Elk Mound | E 100° | 368 m | 10.9 mi |
| Weisinger Hill | SSW 211° | 354 m | 19.4 mi |
| Panther Hill | E 89° | 350 m | 9.2 mi |
| Ganoe Hill | SSW 201° | 350 m | 23.2 mi |
| Waubeek Mound | S 189° | 349 m | 15.6 mi |
| Gates Hill | SSW 205° | 345 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:13 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:41 | 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 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Menomonie, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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