Artwork · Wisconsin
Sea of the Ear
Sea of the Ear is an artwork in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2009
How to reach it
Coordinates43.10511, -87.92758
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lincoln Park: 0.2 mi
- Cornell Park: 0.5 mi
- Old Heidelberg Park: 0.8 mi
- 20th & Olive Play Area: 0.8 mi
- Garden Homes Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- Sprecher Brewery: 0.5 mi
- Juneteenth Day: 2.4 mi
- Skyline Music: 3.5 mi
- Summer Soulstice Music Festival: 3.8 mi
- AJ Bombers Chairs: 4.1 mi
Artworks
- Spirit of the Firefighter: 1.3 mi
- All in the Air at Once: 1.9 mi
- Music: 2.2 mi
- Fishing: 2.2 mi
- On Watch: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
- Glendale Veteran's Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Stinky Timbers: 2.3 mi
- Christian Wahl: 2.3 mi
- Lapham Memorial: 3.0 mi
- American Legion: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves: 59
- Indian Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Sidney Woodlands Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Downer Woods: 2.9 mi
- Shorewood Nature Conservancy: 3.2 mi
- Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 5.2 mi
Museums: 36
- Wisconsin Black Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum: 3.0 mi
- America’s Black Holocaust Museum: 3.2 mi
- Jewish Museum Milwaukee: 4.3 mi
- Milwaukee County Historical Center: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 32
- Florence Lambert Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Nigella Community Orchard: 1.7 mi
- Nigella Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Victory Garden Urban Farm: 2.0 mi
- All People's Garden: 2.8 mi
Picnic sites: 31
- Picnic Area 2: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 8
- Bradford Beach: 4.1 mi
- McKinley Beach: 4.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.3 mi
- Private Beach: 6.8 mi
- Grant Park Beach: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- North Point Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light: 19.7 mi
- Port Washington Light Station: 20.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 20.0 mi
Peaks: 5
- Mount Bayside: 5.5 mi
- Holy Hill: 22.3 mi
- Lapham Hill: 24.0 mi
- Powder Hill: 24.1 mi
- Fox Hill: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Root Creek: 10.0 mi
- Brookfield Center: 11.3 mi
- Raymond Center: 21.5 mi
- Denoon: 21.6 mi
Springs: 3
- Silurian Spring: 16.3 mi
- Hygeia Spring: 21.0 mi
- Nemahbin Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sea of the Ear. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Hill | NW 307° | 405 m | 24.1 mi |
| Holy Hill | WNW 296° | 376 m | 22.3 mi |
| Lapham Hill | WSW 258° | 368 m | 24.0 mi |
| Fox Hill | NW 318° | 352 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 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 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mary College, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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