Longfellow School
Longfellow School is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenbush, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
school building in Wisconsin, United States of America
Dates from 1918.
Wikidata Q6673796, matched on coordinates and name (51 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenbush: 0.2 mi
- The Greenbush 1891-1960: 0.2 mi
- Civil War Cannon: 0.5 mi
- Camp Randall Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Memorial Arch: 0.5 mi
- Edward Klief Park: 0.2 mi
- Brittingham Park: 0.4 mi
- Bear Mound Park: 0.4 mi
- Madison South Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
- Crazylegs Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Spirit of Greenbush: 0.3 mi
- Updraft: 0.3 mi
- Basis: 0.4 mi
- Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain: 0.5 mi
- The Fighting Wisconsin Badger: 0.5 mi
- African Penguins: 0.5 mi
- Tiger: 0.5 mi
- Capybara: 0.5 mi
- Grizzly Bears: 0.5 mi
- Seals: 0.5 mi
- UW Madison Botany Garden: 0.6 mi
- Welcome Garden: 0.8 mi
- Creativity Garden: 0.8 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 0.8 mi
- Allen Centennial Garden: 1.0 mi
- Edgewood Forest: 1.1 mi
- Lakeshore Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Turville Point Conservation Park: 1.9 mi
- Jenni & Kyle Preserve: 2.9 mi
- University of Wisconsin Arboretum - Grady Tract: 3.1 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 0.4 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 0.6 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.9 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 1.1 mi
- Brittingham Beach: 0.6 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 0.6 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 0.9 mi
- Circle Bench: 1.0 mi
- Willow Beach: 1.3 mi
- Bascom Hill: 0.7 mi
- Observatory Hill: 0.8 mi
- Eagle Heights: 2.5 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 2.6 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 5.8 mi
- Council Spring: 1.7 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 1.7 mi
- Big Spring: 1.8 mi
- Merrill Spring: 3.4 mi
- Springs: 5.6 mi
- Maple Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Fox Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Table Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 23.0 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.3 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 9.1 mi
- Williams Knoll: 11.1 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 7.1 mi
- Train Car: 9.4 mi
- Fellows: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Longfellow School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 264° | 524 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 317° | 346 m | 21.4 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 181° | 338 m | 16.3 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ESE 106° | 326 m | 12.6 mi |
| Owls Head Hill | NNW 336° | 319 m | 24.8 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NW 315° | 317 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 226° | 316 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 223° | 313 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
Climate normals
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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9886340380
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