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Where the Waters Meet

Where the Waters Meet from directly overhead

Where the Waters Meet is an artwork in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is City Beach, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates43.11218, -88.50235

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • City Beach: 0.0 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Park East: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 35
  • Denise Ruth Duyser Higgins: 0.5 mi
  • Highway Marking: 4.1 mi
  • Montery School Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Masonic Home: 6.4 mi
  • Mirabel and Lilou: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 30
Museums: 20
Artworks: 17
  • GROW: 1.3 mi
  • READ: 14.3 mi
  • Soaring Free: 15.9 mi
  • inspire: 17.5 mi
  • play: 17.5 mi
Gardens: 14
Springs: 12
  • Nemahbin Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Parry Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Hotel Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Emerald Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Hidden Spring: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • DJ Mackie Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Tembo Trail: 24.0 mi
  • Savanna Walk: 24.0 mi
  • Little Oak Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
  • Maple Cove Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Lapham Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Holy Hill: 12.7 mi
  • Powder Hill: 16.9 mi
  • Bald Bluff: 19.2 mi
  • Fox Hill: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Pike Lake Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Palmyra Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Family Camp Beach: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Where the Waters Meet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillNE 35°405 m16.9 mi
Holy HillNE 44°376 m12.7 mi
Lapham HillSE 135°368 m7.8 mi
Fox HillNE 35°352 m21.9 mi
Lone Tree BluffSSW 201°320 m23.7 mi
Bald BluffSSW 196°317 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1519:5420:38
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2315:3616:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334465868727063503726
Precip in1.61.62.13.94.14.94.14.23.42.82.21.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oconomowoc Wwtp, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8925041082

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