Well Red
Well Red is an artwork in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Inspiration Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Inspiration Garden: 0.0 mi
- Creativity Garden: 0.0 mi
- Welcome Garden: 0.0 mi
- UW Madison Botany Garden: 0.3 mi
- Allen Centennial Garden: 0.7 mi
- Alumni Park: 0.0 mi
- Library Mall: 0.1 mi
- Class of 1920 Memorial Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Robert E. Gard Storyteller's Circle: 0.2 mi
- Elizabeth Link Peace Park: 0.3 mi
- The Lantern: 0.0 mi
- Both / And — Tolerance / Innovation: 0.1 mi
- Mother and Child: 0.2 mi
- Awakening: 0.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 0.3 mi
- A Stage For All: 0.1 mi
- State Historical Society: 0.1 mi
- 9XM-WHA: 0.3 mi
- William Dempster Hoard: 0.6 mi
- The Henry Quadrangle: 0.6 mi
- Washburn Observatory: 0.5 mi
- Tiger: 1.3 mi
- African Penguins: 1.3 mi
- Lion: 1.3 mi
- Rhino: 1.3 mi
- Lakeshore Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Edgewood Forest: 1.8 mi
- Turville Point Conservation Park: 2.3 mi
- Jenni & Kyle Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wildlife Observation Area: 3.8 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 0.4 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.5 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 0.6 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 0.6 mi
- James Madison Beach: 0.9 mi
- James Madison Beach: 0.9 mi
- James Madison Beach: 0.9 mi
- Brittingham Beach: 1.0 mi
- Willow Beach: 1.1 mi
- Bascom Hill: 0.3 mi
- Observatory Hill: 0.5 mi
- Eagle Heights: 2.4 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 2.6 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 5.5 mi
- Council Spring: 2.3 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.3 mi
- Big Spring: 2.5 mi
- Merrill Spring: 3.4 mi
- Springs: 5.3 mi
- Maple Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Fox Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Table Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Pine Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Allen Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 4.2 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 9.7 mi
- Williams Knoll: 11.4 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Train Car: 10.0 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 24.4 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 24.7 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 7.8 mi
- Fellows: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Well Red. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 262° | 524 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 315° | 346 m | 21.0 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 182° | 338 m | 17.1 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ESE 109° | 326 m | 12.6 mi |
| Owls Head Hill | NNW 335° | 319 m | 24.2 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NW 307° | 317 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 225° | 316 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 222° | 313 m | 16.5 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5444472571
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