Artwork · Wisconsin
Compass
Compass is an artwork in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. The nearest named place is Caesar's Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2003
- Material
- aluminium
How to reach it
Coordinates43.06017, -87.89216
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Caesar's Park: 0.2 mi
- Pulaski Street Playfield: 0.4 mi
- Kilbourn Reservoir Park: 0.5 mi
- Alice Bertschy Kadish Park: 0.5 mi
- Prospect Triangle: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- Serpent: 0.3 mi
- Rack: 0.3 mi
- Leopard: 0.3 mi
- Pebble Forms: 0.3 mi
- Grocery Aisle: 0.3 mi
Attractions
- Summer Soulstice Music Festival: 0.3 mi
- Skyline Music: 0.6 mi
- AJ Bombers Chairs: 1.3 mi
- Juneteenth Day: 1.3 mi
- Bastille Days: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
- American Legion: 0.4 mi
- Water Tower Landmark Trust Incorporated: 0.5 mi
- Villa Terrace: 0.6 mi
- Saint John's Infirmary: 0.6 mi
- Old North Point Water Tower: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves: 50
- Downer Woods: 1.5 mi
- Lakeshore State Park: 1.9 mi
- Shorewood Nature Conservancy: 2.0 mi
- Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 3.3 mi
- Indian Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
Museums: 36
Gardens: 33
- Apartment Garden: 0.5 mi
- Ron Mann Butterfly Garden: 0.6 mi
- All People's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Northwestern Mutual Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Cudahy Garden: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 31
- Picnic Area 5: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 8
- McKinley Beach: 0.7 mi
- Bradford Beach: 1.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.0 mi
- Private Beach: 9.8 mi
- Grant Park Beach: 10.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- North Point Lighthouse: 1.1 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 1.1 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light: 22.5 mi
- Port Washington Light Station: 22.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Root Creek: 8.2 mi
- Brookfield Center: 12.8 mi
- Raymond Center: 18.9 mi
- Denoon: 20.3 mi
Springs: 2
- Silurian Spring: 17.1 mi
- Hygeia Spring: 20.1 mi
Peaks: 1
- Mount Bayside: 8.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Allis, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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