Waterfall · Wisconsin

Tennyson Falls

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Tennyson Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Tennyson Falls is a waterfall in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Passage Thru Time Museum, a museum 2.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.3 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height: 4 m

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.69496, -90.65991

1.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
22.9 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
28.7 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Grant River Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
Mud Lake Park: 5.8 mi
Finley's Landing Park: 8.1 mi
Fenley State Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
Deere Dike Park: 8.5 mi

Artworks46

Coretta Scott King: 13.0 mi
Portal: 13.0 mi
Owl's Moon: 13.0 mi
America Needs a Hug: 13.0 mi
The Fate of Santa Clara: 13.0 mi

Museums24

Passage Thru Time Museum: 2.7 mi
ABA National Brewery Museum: 3.6 mi
The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 9.8 mi
Grant County History Museum: 10.9 mi
Ham House Museum: 11.3 mi

Attractions23

The Grotto: 5.7 mi
Dark Chambers Haunted Attraction: 10.0 mi
Waterfall: 11.8 mi
Platte Mound M: 13.7 mi
Fenelon Place Elevator: 13.7 mi

Historic sites23

Eagle Statue: 10.8 mi
Shiras Memorial Pavilion: 10.9 mi
Eagle Point Park: 11.0 mi
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 12.5 mi

Nature reserves22

Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 10.0 mi
Pohlman Prairie: 10.4 mi
Ipswich Prairie State Natural Area: 12.1 mi
Platteville Mound Park: 13.7 mi
Cassville Bluffs State Natural Area: 13.8 mi

Peaks13

Sherrill Mound: 9.4 mi
Sinsinawa Mound: 13.2 mi
Balltown Ridge: 13.5 mi
Platte Mounds: 13.7 mi
Little Mound: 14.5 mi

Gardens4

Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 11.6 mi
Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 13.6 mi
Virginia's Garden: 17.8 mi
Hosta Garden: 23.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Sinnipee: 8.3 mi
Pleasant Ridge: 12.2 mi

Cliffs2

Kellys Bluff: 13.7 mi
Horseshoe Bluff: 16.0 mi

Springs2

Marsden Well: 23.2 mi
Big Spring: 24.2 mi

Rest areas1

Grant County Rest Area 106: 12.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Platte Mounds	ENE 70°	435 m	13.7 mi
Belmont Mound	ENE 72°	427 m	16.6 mi
Little Mound	ENE 71°	389 m	14.5 mi
White Hill	ESE 116°	381 m	24.3 mi
Sherrill Mound	SW 229°	374 m	9.4 mi
Balltown Ridge	WSW 253°	355 m	13.5 mi
Sinsinawa Mound	SSE 153°	353 m	13.2 mi
Sundown Mountain	SSW 214°	348 m	14.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:38	19:15
June solstice	05:25	20:02	20:45
September equinox	06:51	18:25	19:02
December solstice	07:30	15:47	16:33

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	34	46	58	68	72	70	62	50	36	24
Precip in	1.2	1.5	2.1	4.0	4.6	6.0	5.3	4.2	4.3	2.8	2.3	1.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platteville, 11 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul — fullest in Mar, leanest in Dec.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean cfs	82.1	107	174	126	116	147	121	101	95.2	90.0	85.0	72.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Platte River Near Rockville, WI, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5261441774

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