Lacy Garden
Lacy Garden is a garden in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 313 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Country Vineyard Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Country Vineyard Park: 1.0 mi
- Byrne Park: 1.2 mi
- Gorman Wayside: 1.2 mi
- Wildwood South Prairie Park: 1.3 mi
- Hillside Heights Park: 1.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 1.2 mi
- The McCoy Farmhouse: 3.7 mi
- Old Spring Hotel: 5.0 mi
- Geshe Sopa Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Kenneth Jensen Wheeler Council Ring: 5.3 mi
- Quarry Ridge Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 2.6 mi
- Dawley Conservancy Park: 2.9 mi
- Nevin Springs Fishery and Wildlife Area: 3.2 mi
- Prairie Moraine County Park: 3.2 mi
- Community: 3.4 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 3.6 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 4.2 mi
- Seasonal Inspirations: 4.2 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 4.6 mi
- Badger Prairie Meadow: 3.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 4.2 mi
- Magnolia & Lilac: 4.4 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 4.5 mi
- Honeylocust: 4.5 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 5.1 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 6.7 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 6.9 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 7.1 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 7.3 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 4.4 mi
- Circle Bench: 5.7 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 5.8 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 6.2 mi
- Olin Beach: 6.5 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 4.0 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 6.9 mi
- Observatory Hill: 7.1 mi
- Bascom Hill: 7.1 mi
- Eagle Heights: 7.4 mi
- Big Spring: 4.9 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 5.3 mi
- Council Spring: 5.3 mi
- Merrill Spring: 7.1 mi
- Riley Spring: 9.0 mi
- Fox Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Maple Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Table Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.1 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 5.7 mi
- Williams Knoll: 11.5 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 2.8 mi
- Train Car: 5.8 mi
- Fellows: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lacy Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 280° | 524 m | 20.5 mi |
| Indian Castle | WNW 287° | 354 m | 23.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NNW 331° | 346 m | 24.8 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SSE 168° | 338 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 291° | 327 m | 24.2 mi |
| Liberty Mound | E 80° | 326 m | 14.8 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | N 351° | 317 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WSW 239° | 316 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
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, 4 mi away.
- Red Clover11 obs
- hoary vervain10 obs
- American pokeweed9 obs
- wild carrot9 obs
- common milkweed8 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
- chicory7 obs
- black-eyed Susan7 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/852052706
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