Pine Bluff, Wisconsin

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Coordinates: 43°03′39″N89°39′20″W / 43.06083°N 89.65556°W / 43.06083; -89.65556 Coordinates: 43°03′39″N89°39′20″W / 43.06083°N 89.65556°W / 43.06083; -89.65556
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Dane County
Town Cross Plains
Elevation
304 m (997 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID1571419 [1]

Pine Bluff is an unincorporated community located in the town of Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

It is the site of the observatory of the University of Wisconsin. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Pine Bluff, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. http://www.astro.wisc.edu/our-science/research-observatories/pine-bluff-obervatory/



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