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Monticello Area Veterans Memorial

Monticello Area Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Monticello Area Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Monticello Area Historical Society, a museum 0.1 miles away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.74627, -89.59570
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Montesian Community Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fredrick S. Voegli Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
  • Valle Tell Soccer Park: 4.9 mi
  • Candy Cane Park: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Nickolaus Gerber: 0.2 mi
  • New Glarus: 5.1 mi
  • HERBERT O. KUBLY: 5.2 mi
  • Belleville Veteran's Memorial: 8.5 mi
  • English Settlement Cemetery: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 54
  • Verona Meadow: 17.6 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Lacy Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Badger Prairie Meadow: 17.8 mi
  • Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 35
Artworks: 27
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 17.5 mi
  • Toy Soldier: 17.6 mi
  • Community: 20.7 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 20.9 mi
  • Seasonal Inspirations: 21.7 mi
Museums: 24
  • Monticello Area Historical Society: 0.1 mi
  • Chalet of the Golden Fleece: 5.1 mi
  • Swiss Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Albany Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Green County Historical Society Museum: 10.1 mi
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 12
  • Fireman's Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Troll Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Circle Bench: 23.3 mi
  • Vilas Park Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Bernie's Beach: 23.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Riley Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 20.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 20.8 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monticello Area Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsNNW 326°524 m23.4 mi
Liberty Pole HillENE 59°338 m11.1 mi
Mount PleasantNNW 347°316 m10.6 mi
Mount JuliaN 354°313 m10.5 mi
Badger Mill HillN 11°310 m16.6 mi
Eagle HeightsNNE 18°308 m24.7 mi
Donald RockNNW 345°300 m15.6 mi
Devil's ChimneyN 352°294 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:11
June solstice05:2119:5820:41
September equinox06:4618:2018:58
December solstice07:2615:4216:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475969737062503725
Precip in1.61.72.13.84.16.24.14.54.13.22.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe Wwtp, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13310995285

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