Historic site · Wisconsin
Arch
Arch is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Coordinates43.07249, -88.03251
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Forestry Education and Awareness Center: 1.4 mi
- Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 5.2 mi
- Melody View Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Sidney Woodlands Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Fountain Square Nature Area: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 60
- Men's Pavillion: 1.6 mi
- Lowell Damon House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Sunnyhill Home: 1.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.1 mi
Attractions
- Wong Family Pheasantry: 2.7 mi
- Herb & Nada Mahler Family Aviary: 2.7 mi
- Idamel Wilmont Borchert Flamingo Exhibit: 2.7 mi
- Stearns Family Apes of Africa: 2.8 mi
- Primates of the World: 2.8 mi
Parks
- Cooper Park: 0.6 mi
- Hartung Park: 0.7 mi
- Kops Park: 0.8 mi
- Underwood Creek Parkway: 1.2 mi
- Hoyt Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
- Hartung Labyrinth: 0.6 mi
- Mama Rosa: 1.7 mi
- Gear 23: 3.1 mi
- Uptown Triangles: 3.1 mi
- The Ideal Scout: 3.2 mi
Museums: 37
- Kneeland-Walker House & Preservation Center: 1.8 mi
- Little Red Store: 2.0 mi
- The Little Nature Museum: 3.0 mi
- Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum: 4.3 mi
- Wisconsin Black Historical Society: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 34
- Butterfly Garden: 2.9 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 3.1 mi
- Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 3.4 mi
- Miller Brewing Rain Garden and Bioretention Swale: 3.8 mi
- Bethune Community Garden: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 18
- Oak Leaf Trail Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Chestnut Street Commons: 2.4 mi
- Bridge Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 2.8 mi
Springs: 10
- Silurian Spring: 10.5 mi
- Hygeia Spring: 15.9 mi
- Nemahbin Spring: 19.0 mi
- Parry Spring: 21.5 mi
- Hillside Spring: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 8
- Pebble Beach: 7.5 mi
- McKinley Beach: 7.7 mi
- Bradford Beach: 8.1 mi
- Private Beach: 11.2 mi
- Grant Park Beach: 14.7 mi
Peaks: 6
- Mount Bayside: 10.0 mi
- Lapham Hill: 18.4 mi
- Holy Hill: 19.0 mi
- Powder Hill: 21.8 mi
- Buena Park Hill: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Brookfield Center: 5.7 mi
- Root Creek: 7.3 mi
- Denoon: 17.1 mi
- Raymond Center: 18.8 mi
- Muskego Settlement: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- North Point Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light: 23.3 mi
- Port Washington Light Station: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Hill | NW 320° | 405 m | 21.8 mi |
| Holy Hill | NW 309° | 376 m | 19.0 mi |
| Lapham Hill | W 261° | 368 m | 18.4 mi |
| Fox Hill | NNW 332° | 352 m | 23.5 mi |
| Buena Park Hill | SSW 207° | 290 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:52 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:34 | 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 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mary College, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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