Artwork · Wisconsin
Deflected Jets
Deflected Jets is an artwork in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is South 88th Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1988
How to reach it
Coordinates42.98037, -88.01792
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- South 88th Playground: 0.4 mi
- 78th Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Euclid Park: 0.5 mi
- River Bend Play Area: 0.8 mi
- Wedgewood Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Joan Stevens Woods: 0.5 mi
- Potter's Forest: 2.9 mi
- Fountain Square Nature Area: 3.2 mi
- 30th & Fardale Green Space: 3.3 mi
- Grootemat Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
- Meadowmere: 2.2 mi
- Hales Corners Veteran's Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Hank Aaron's 755th Home Run Plaque: 4.1 mi
- Count Casimir Pulaski: 4.4 mi
- Milwaukee Road Boulder: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- A Norman Rockwell Town: 2.9 mi
- Abstract Mobile Sculpture: 3.1 mi
- Passage "Winter": 3.1 mi
- Passage "Spring": 3.1 mi
- History of West Allis: 3.1 mi
Attractions
- Boerner Botanical Gardens: 3.1 mi
- African Forest: 3.5 mi
- Adventure Africa: 3.6 mi
- Camel Rides: 3.6 mi
- Giraffe: 3.6 mi
Museums: 42
- Greenfield Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Milwaukee Fire Education Center and Museum: 4.3 mi
- Little Red Store: 4.8 mi
- The Little Nature Museum: 4.8 mi
- Kneeland-Walker House & Preservation Center: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 41
- West Allis Medical Center Healing Garden: 1.5 mi
- Trial Garden: 3.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.6 mi
- Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 4.4 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
- Picnic Area 1: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area 8: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area 7: 3.4 mi
Springs: 12
- Silurian Spring: 10.6 mi
- Hygeia Spring: 11.7 mi
- Nemahbin Spring: 20.3 mi
- Parry Spring: 21.8 mi
- Hillside Spring: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Root Creek: 1.2 mi
- Brookfield Center: 9.1 mi
- Denoon: 12.0 mi
- Raymond Center: 12.4 mi
- Muskego Settlement: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 6
- Pebble Beach: 7.1 mi
- McKinley Beach: 8.5 mi
- Bradford Beach: 9.2 mi
- Grant Park Beach: 10.1 mi
- Private Beach: 16.5 mi
Peaks: 5
- Mount Bayside: 15.1 mi
- Buena Park Hill: 16.8 mi
- Lapham Hill: 19.3 mi
- Holy Hill: 24.0 mi
- Mount Tom: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- North Point Lighthouse: 9.5 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Deflected Jets. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Hill | NW 320° | 376 m | 24.0 mi |
| Lapham Hill | W 281° | 368 m | 19.3 mi |
| Buena Park Hill | SW 220° | 290 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 201° | 265 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4457586155
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