Ghost town · Wisconsin
Root Creek
Root Creek is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 233 m. Lapham Hill stands 368 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Armour Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Wisconsin
How to reach it
Coordinates42.97056, -87.99806
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Armour Park: 0.4 mi
- Wedgewood Park: 0.5 mi
- Hamilton Dell Park: 0.5 mi
- Lavies Park: 0.7 mi
- 78th Street Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 60
- Meadowmere: 2.2 mi
- Hales Corners Veteran's Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Count Casimir Pulaski: 3.8 mi
- Hank Aaron's 755th Home Run Plaque: 4.3 mi
- Kosciuszko Monument: 4.4 mi
Attractions
- Boerner Botanical Gardens: 2.9 mi
- American System Built Homes-Burnham Street District: 3.7 mi
- Walk of Fame: 4.2 mi
- African Forest: 4.6 mi
- Adventure Africa: 4.6 mi
Artworks
- Deflected Jets: 1.2 mi
- A Norman Rockwell Town: 2.0 mi
- Abstract Mobile Sculpture: 2.9 mi
- Passage "Winter": 2.9 mi
- Passage "Spring": 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 54
- Joan Stevens Woods: 1.2 mi
- 30th & Fardale Green Space: 2.4 mi
- Grootemat Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Potter's Forest: 2.8 mi
- Mangan Woods: 3.6 mi
Museums: 41
- Greenfield Historical Society: 1.0 mi
- Milwaukee Fire Education Center and Museum: 3.4 mi
- Mitchell Gallery of Flight: 5.1 mi
- The Little Nature Museum: 5.2 mi
- Little Red Store: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 39
- West Allis Medical Center Healing Garden: 2.6 mi
- Trial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Garden District Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Bumblebee Haven Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 20
- Picnic Area 1: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area 8: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area 7: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 3.8 mi
Springs: 11
- Silurian Spring: 11.7 mi
- Hygeia Spring: 12.2 mi
- Nemahbin Spring: 21.4 mi
- Parry Spring: 22.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 6
- Pebble Beach: 6.7 mi
- McKinley Beach: 8.2 mi
- Grant Park Beach: 8.9 mi
- Bradford Beach: 8.9 mi
- Private Beach: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Brookfield Center: 10.2 mi
- Raymond Center: 11.7 mi
- Denoon: 12.1 mi
- Muskego Settlement: 18.0 mi
- Army Lake: 22.2 mi
Peaks: 4
- Mount Bayside: 15.4 mi
- Buena Park Hill: 17.0 mi
- Lapham Hill: 20.4 mi
- Mount Tom: 23.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- North Point Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Root Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lapham Hill | WNW 282° | 368 m | 20.4 mi |
| Buena Park Hill | SW 224° | 290 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 204° | 265 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
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 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hales Corners/whitnall Park/bo, 3 mi away.
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