Ghost town · Wisconsin
Muskego Settlement
Muskego Settlement is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Lapham Hill stands 368 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is River Bend Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
human settlement in Wisconsin, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates42.76310, -88.21420
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- River Bend Park: 0.0 mi
- Safety Building Park: 0.1 mi
- Village Hall Park: 0.1 mi
- Ten Club Park: 0.1 mi
- Huening Park: 0.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Tichigan State Wildlife Area: 3.4 mi
- Wallace E. Zabler Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Hoosier Creek Habitat Area: 6.1 mi
- Dover Waterfowl Refuge: 6.7 mi
- Burlington State Habitat Area: 7.8 mi
Attractions
- The Rustic Barn at Prairie Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Elegant Farmer: 8.5 mi
- Abandoned Haunted House Complex: 14.0 mi
- Apple Holler: 14.5 mi
- Boerner Botanical Gardens: 15.1 mi
Historic sites
- Wind Lake Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Twin 40mm/56cal anti-aircraft naval gun: 6.4 mi
- M110A2 self-propelled 8-inch howitzer: 6.4 mi
- Burlington High School Wall of Fame: 6.6 mi
- Voree Historic Town Site: 7.3 mi
Artworks
- Pelican: 15.1 mi
- Saint Fiacre: 15.1 mi
- Cat: 15.1 mi
- Passage "Fall": 15.2 mi
- Passage "Winter": 15.2 mi
Museums: 40
- Norwegian Museum: 3.5 mi
- Heg Memorial Museum: 3.5 mi
- Burlington Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Browne Nature Center: 9.0 mi
- East Troy Area Historical Society: 9.8 mi
Gardens: 32
- Waterford Rain Garden: 0.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
- Cremains Scattering Garden: 8.0 mi
- Wild Flowers Garden: 8.0 mi
- Butteryfly Garden: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Pet Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Picnic Area 7: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Area 8: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 14.8 mi
- DJ Mackie Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 14
- Family Camp Beach: 15.6 mi
- Riviera Beach: 16.4 mi
- Twin Lakes Park Beach: 17.1 mi
- Swimming beach: 17.7 mi
- Palmyra Beach: 20.3 mi
Springs: 13
- Hygeia Spring: 8.1 mi
- Minnehaha Spring: 16.5 mi
- Silurian Spring: 17.0 mi
- Scuppernong Springs: 17.3 mi
- Hillside Spring: 17.3 mi
Peaks: 9
- Buena Park Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mount Tom: 7.6 mi
- Mount Moriah: 17.0 mi
- Gander Mountain: 18.7 mi
- Bald Bluff: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
- Denoon: 6.1 mi
- Army Lake: 8.7 mi
- Raymond Center: 10.6 mi
- Mayhews: 14.0 mi
- Root Creek: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
- East Troy Rest Area 36 (southbound): 12.6 mi
- Elkhorn Rest Area 35 (northbound): 12.9 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 21.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Kenosha Light: 23.5 mi
- Kenosha North Pierhead Light: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Muskego Settlement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lapham Hill | NNW 334° | 368 m | 20.7 mi |
| Lone Tree Bluff | W 275° | 320 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bald Bluff | WNW 286° | 317 m | 20.6 mi |
| Buena Park Hill | NNW 338° | 290 m | 2.2 mi |
| Gander Mountain | S 177° | 283 m | 18.7 mi |
| Hill Fifteen | S 191° | 276 m | 21.2 mi |
| Camelback Kame | SSW 194° | 268 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Tom | S 170° | 265 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:37 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 23 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Wwtp, 3 mi away.
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