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Frame Park Formal Gardens

Frame Park Formal Gardens from directly overhead

Frame Park Formal Gardens is a garden in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Frame Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Waukesha
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.01959, -88.22131
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frame Park: 0.3 mi
  • New Tribes Disc Golf Park: 0.4 mi
  • Waukesha Springs Park: 0.7 mi
  • Silurian Park: 0.7 mi
  • Theodora W. Youmans Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Battle House: 2.2 mi
  • iCOMBAT Waukesha: 2.6 mi
  • Caribou & Sandhill Crane: 8.9 mi
  • Small Mammals Building: 9.0 mi
  • Elk: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • play: 5.1 mi
  • dream: 5.2 mi
  • inspire: 5.2 mi
  • connect: 5.2 mi
  • Beasties™ Safari: 5.2 mi
Museums: 42
Gardens: 36
Picnic sites: 32
  • Tembo Trail: 9.1 mi
  • Savanna Walk: 9.1 mi
  • Little Oak Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Maple Cove Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
Springs: 12
  • Silurian Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Parry Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Peaks: 7
  • Lapham Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 15.7 mi
  • Holy Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Mount Bayside: 19.5 mi
  • Powder Hill: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frame Park Formal Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillNNW 348°405 m20.8 mi
Holy HillNNW 341°376 m16.4 mi
Lapham HillW 276°368 m8.7 mi
Fox HillN 356°352 m24.4 mi
Bald BluffWSW 238°317 m22.9 mi
Buena Park HillS 182°290 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1519:5320:36
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2215:3516:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334455767716962503726
Precip in1.61.71.93.64.04.94.04.23.32.92.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukesha Wwtp, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard74 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee39 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee37 obs
  • American Robin29 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee23 obs
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • Canada Goose18 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1034652468

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