- Elevation, modelled
- 262 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Blue Mounds524 m · 22.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway20.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:41local time
- Coordinates
- 43.0263, -89.3997
Rain Garden is a garden in Wisconsin, at a modelled 262 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Seasonal Inspirations, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rain Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 270° | 524 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 321° | 346 m | 23.6 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 182° | 338 m | 13.6 mi |
| Liberty Mound | E 93° | 326 m | 12.0 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NNW 328° | 317 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 234° | 316 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 231° | 313 m | 14.1 mi |
| Badger Mill Hill | WSW 245° | 310 m | 7.4 mi |
- 20.3 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Seasonal Inspirations: 0.0 mi
- Turtle: 2.3 mi
- Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain: 2.4 mi
- Updraft: 2.7 mi
- Spirit of Greenbush: 2.9 mi
- Jenni & Kyle Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Black Walnut Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Nevin Springs Fishery and Wildlife Area: 1.1 mi
- Bluestem Park: 1.1 mi
- Knollwood Conservation Park: 1.6 mi
- Pinnacle Park: 0.3 mi
- Rimrock Park: 0.9 mi
- Clayton Park: 0.9 mi
- Southdale Park: 0.9 mi
- Hosto Hoci: 0.9 mi
- The McCoy Farmhouse: 0.9 mi
- Quann Park Railroad Bridges: 1.4 mi
- Old Spring Hotel: 2.5 mi
- Kenneth Jensen Wheeler Council Ring: 2.5 mi
- Greenbush: 2.6 mi
- Badger Fountain of Life Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Rimrock/Green Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Community Garden at Heifetz Park: 1.3 mi
- Quann Community Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Birch: 1.8 mi
- Badgers: 2.3 mi
- Bison: 2.3 mi
- Seals: 2.3 mi
- Tundra Buggy: 2.3 mi
- Grizzly Bears: 2.3 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 1.0 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 3.1 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 3.3 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 3.3 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 3.4 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 2.2 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 2.3 mi
- Olin Beach: 2.3 mi
- Circle Bench: 2.4 mi
- Esther Beach: 2.5 mi
- Bascom Hill: 3.4 mi
- Observatory Hill: 3.5 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 4.5 mi
- Eagle Heights: 4.7 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 7.4 mi
- Big Spring: 2.1 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.5 mi
- Council Spring: 2.5 mi
- Merrill Spring: 5.1 mi
- Springs: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 1.3 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 8.3 mi
- Williams Knoll: 9.6 mi
- Maple Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Fox Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Table Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 5.7 mi
- Train Car: 8.5 mi
- Fellows: 21.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 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).
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, 2 mi away.
- Wild Turkey266 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee175 obs
- Sandhill Crane165 obs
- common milkweed119 obs
- white snakeroot113 obs
- Monarch104 obs
- wild geranium102 obs
- closed bottle gentian101 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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