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Campus Organic Garden

Campus Organic Garden from directly overhead

Campus Organic Garden is a garden in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Lapham Hill stands 368 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is William Carter Mall, a park 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The campus organic garden (yet to be named formally) was established by students and advisors. The campus garden serves the Whitewater Food Pantry by donating a majority of all its produce.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.84010, -88.74181

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • William Carter Mall: 0.2 mi
  • Starin Park: 0.3 mi
  • Salisbury Arboretum: 0.3 mi
  • Intramural Fields: 0.4 mi
  • Birge Fountain Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Governor Peck Boyhood Home: 4.0 mi
  • Pioneer Lime Kiln: 7.0 mi
  • Fort Koshkonong Historic Marker (1832): 7.5 mi
  • Patrolman McKee Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Stute Farmhouse: 10.6 mi
Museums: 20
Artworks: 10
Springs: 10
  • Stute Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Minnehaha Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 15.3 mi
  • Hotel Springs: 15.4 mi
  • Emerald Springs: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 9
Beaches: 9
  • Whitewater Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Palmyra Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Family Camp Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Assembly Park Beach: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 8
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lapham HillNE 53°368 m22.1 mi
Liberty MoundWNW 300°326 m24.5 mi
Lone Tree BluffSE 133°320 m4.8 mi
Bald BluffE 87°317 m6.9 mi
Mount ZionSW 225°316 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1719:5520:38
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3816:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334465868716962503726
Precip in1.61.51.93.54.25.03.84.33.53.02.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitewater Wwtp, 1 mi away.

  • compass plant15 obs
  • ground-ivy14 obs
  • common buckthorn12 obs
  • garlic mustard11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer10 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel10 obs
  • wild quinine10 obs
  • black raspberry10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/584288024

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