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Ho Nee Um Spring

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Elevation, modelled: 260 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Blue Mounds524 m · 21.3 mi
Nearest byway: Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway18.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:41local time
Coordinates: 43.0539, -89.4319

Ho Nee Um Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Ho Nee Um Spring is a spring in Wisconsin, at a modelled 260 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Council Spring, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ho Nee Um Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Blue Mounds	W 265°	524 m	21.3 mi
Indian Castle	W 274°	354 m	23.7 mi
Sugarloaf Hill	NW 322°	346 m	21.1 mi
Liberty Pole Hill	S 176°	338 m	15.5 mi
Pine Knob	W 278°	327 m	23.9 mi
Liberty Mound	E 101°	326 m	13.9 mi
Owls Head Hill	NNW 340°	319 m	25.0 mi
Frederick's Hill	NNW 331°	317 m	5.6 mi

On the road

18.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Kenneth Jensen Wheeler Council Ring: 0.0 mi
Old Spring Hotel: 0.4 mi
Albert G. Schmedeman: 0.5 mi
Oscar Rennebohm: 0.5 mi
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck: 0.5 mi

Parks

Nature reserves

Edgewood Forest: 0.6 mi
University of Wisconsin Arboretum - Grady Tract: 1.7 mi
Lakeshore Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
Knollwood Conservation Park: 2.0 mi
Harlan Hills Prairie: 2.0 mi

Gardens

Maple: 0.6 mi
Pine: 0.7 mi
Juniper: 0.7 mi
Pine: 0.7 mi
Fir: 0.7 mi

Attractions

Conservation Carousel: 1.1 mi
Goat Feeding: 1.1 mi
Camel: 1.1 mi
Giraffe: 1.1 mi
Rhino: 1.1 mi

Artworks

Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 1.1 mi
Hoyt Park Pyramid: 1.1 mi
Turtle: 1.2 mi
Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain: 1.2 mi
Visible Bucky: 1.3 mi

Museums30

UW Geology Museum: 1.7 mi
L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 1.9 mi
University of Wisconsin Space Place: 2.1 mi
Chazen Museum of Art: 2.2 mi
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.6 mi

Beaches24

Peaks23

Springs7

Council Spring: 0.0 mi
Big Spring: 0.5 mi
Merrill Spring: 2.6 mi
Springs: 5.3 mi
Spring House: 9.4 mi

Cliffs7

Fox Bluff: 4.0 mi
Maple Bluff: 4.9 mi
Table Bluff: 13.8 mi
Pine Bluff: 23.2 mi
Pinnacle Bluff: 23.2 mi

Picnic sites4

Waterfalls1

Cascade Aerator: 5.5 mi

Rest areas1

Train Car: 7.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Fellows: 24.2 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:02	18:33	19:10
June solstice	05:19	19:58	20:41
September equinox	06:46	18:19	18:57
December solstice	07:27	15:40	16:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	19	23	34	47	58	68	72	70	62	50	37	25
Precip in	1.7	1.7	2.3	4.2	4.6	5.7	4.7	4.1	3.9	3.0	2.3	1.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, under a mile away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–May, Nov–Dec — fullest in Nov, leanest in Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean cfs	151	134	151	205	212	163	161	128	118	166	260	213

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Yahara River AT East Main Street AT Madison, WI, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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