Updraft
Updraft is an artwork in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Brittingham Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Brittingham Park: 0.1 mi
- South & West Shore Park: 0.5 mi
- Edward Klief Park: 0.5 mi
- Monona Bay Open Spaces: 0.6 mi
- Bernie's Beach Park: 0.6 mi
- Greenbush: 0.2 mi
- The Greenbush 1891-1960: 0.3 mi
- Longfellow School: 0.3 mi
- Tom Heninger: 0.6 mi
- 9XM-WHA: 0.6 mi
- Spirit of Greenbush: 0.3 mi
- Basis: 0.4 mi
- Awakening: 0.7 mi
- Mother and Child: 0.7 mi
- Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain: 0.7 mi
- UW Madison Botany Garden: 0.7 mi
- Welcome Garden: 0.8 mi
- Creativity Garden: 0.8 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 0.8 mi
- Allen Centennial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Seals: 0.7 mi
- Grizzly Bears: 0.7 mi
- Tundra Buggy: 0.8 mi
- Badgers: 0.8 mi
- African Penguins: 0.8 mi
- Edgewood Forest: 1.4 mi
- Turville Point Conservation Park: 1.6 mi
- Lakeshore Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Jenni & Kyle Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wildlife Observation Area: 3.1 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 0.6 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.8 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 0.8 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 0.9 mi
- Brittingham Beach: 0.3 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 0.6 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 0.9 mi
- Olin Beach: 1.2 mi
- Circle Bench: 1.2 mi
- Bascom Hill: 0.8 mi
- Observatory Hill: 1.0 mi
- Eagle Heights: 2.8 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 2.9 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 6.1 mi
- Council Spring: 1.9 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.0 mi
- Big Spring: 2.0 mi
- Merrill Spring: 3.7 mi
- Springs: 5.9 mi
- Maple Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Fox Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Table Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Pine Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.4 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 9.4 mi
- Williams Knoll: 10.8 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 7.3 mi
- Train Car: 9.6 mi
- Fellows: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Updraft. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 264° | 524 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 317° | 346 m | 21.7 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 182° | 338 m | 16.3 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ESE 106° | 326 m | 12.3 mi |
| Owls Head Hill | NNW 335° | 319 m | 25.0 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NW 313° | 317 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 227° | 316 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 224° | 313 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10253546934
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