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UW Madison Botany Garden

UW Madison Botany Garden from directly overhead

UW Madison Botany Garden is a garden in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 272 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
UW-Madison Department of Botany
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.07365, -89.40387
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Robert E. Gard Storyteller's Circle: 0.2 mi
  • Class of 1920 Memorial Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Library Mall: 0.3 mi
  • Henry Mall: 0.3 mi
  • Alumni Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
  • Welcome Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Creativity Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Inspiration Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Allen Centennial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Reynolds Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Museums: 29
Beaches: 24
  • Willow Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Brittingham Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Vilas Park Beach: 1.1 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 1.2 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 1.2 mi
Peaks: 20
Springs: 8
  • Council Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Springs: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.9 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 9.4 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 11.5 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Train Car: 9.6 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 24.6 mi
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 7.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 262°524 m22.9 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 316°346 m21.0 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 181°338 m16.9 mi
Liberty MoundESE 108°326 m12.8 mi
Owls Head HillNNW 336°319 m24.3 mi
Frederick's HillNW 311°317 m5.4 mi
Mount PleasantSW 225°316 m17.3 mi
Mount JuliaSW 222°313 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:41
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727062503725
Precip in1.71.72.34.24.65.74.74.13.93.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard907 obs
  • Sandhill Crane589 obs
  • House Sparrow525 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail494 obs
  • American Robin477 obs
  • white snakeroot455 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird415 obs
  • Virginia bluebells411 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/364709438

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