Big Spring
Big Spring is a spring in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 277 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Cabin Site, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 277 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Historic Cabin Site: 0.1 mi
- Robert M. La Follette: The Early Years: 2.1 mi
- Springdale Lutheran Church: 3.9 mi
- William B. Roys: 4.2 mi
- Union Cemetery: 5.1 mi
- Mount Vernon Creek Fishery Area: 0.1 mi
- Dane County Wildlife Area: 0.3 mi
- Olson Oak Woods State Natural Area: 4.3 mi
- Friends of School Forest Prairie: 4.5 mi
- Sugar River Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
- Forest of Fame Park: 0.8 mi
- Sutter Farm Park: 4.2 mi
- Summer Frolic Sunrise Park: 4.3 mi
- Duane R. Hofstetter Conservation Park: 4.5 mi
- Howard Himsel Park: 4.5 mi
- Epic Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 6.9 mi
- Emmett Schulte Garden: 6.9 mi
- Verona Meadow: 7.1 mi
- Badger Prairie Meadow: 8.0 mi
- Toy Soldier: 5.9 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 7.4 mi
- Community: 11.7 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 11.8 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 12.6 mi
- Riley Wishing Tree: 5.3 mi
- Richardson Cave: 7.2 mi
- Hauge Log Church: 8.0 mi
- Little Norway: 8.1 mi
- Cave of the Mounds: 8.7 mi
- Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Swiss Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
- Chalet of the Golden Fleece: 9.7 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 12.6 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 12.6 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 6.7 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 13.4 mi
- Circle Bench: 14.4 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 14.8 mi
- Willow Beach: 15.2 mi
- Donald Rock: 0.9 mi
- Devil's Chimney: 2.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 4.1 mi
- Mount Julia: 4.6 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 7.1 mi
- Riley Spring: 5.4 mi
- Spring House: 9.3 mi
- Merrill Spring: 13.4 mi
- Big Spring: 13.7 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 13.7 mi
- Table Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Fox Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Maple Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 13.1 mi
- Williams Knoll: 22.3 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 8.7 mi
- Stephens Falls: 24.0 mi
- Train Car: 6.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WNW 299° | 524 m | 10.8 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 281° | 371 m | 21.6 mi |
| Indian Castle | NW 306° | 354 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | N 357° | 346 m | 23.5 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | ESE 123° | 338 m | 15.5 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 311° | 327 m | 15.8 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NE 38° | 317 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SSE 165° | 316 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Aug — fullest in Jul, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 62.7 | 68.5 | 95.4 | 90.2 | 85.7 | 93.6 | 96.8 | 84.0 | 73.6 | 77.9 | 69.4 | 63.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sugar River Near Verona, WI, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- rock polypody42 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain36 obs
- prickly cucumber32 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit29 obs
- common jewelweed27 obs
- purple-stemmed angelica26 obs
- Ghost Pipe25 obs
- brown-eyed Susan24 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4397185394
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