Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 372 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
cemetery in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Wikidata Q117603469, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 372 m
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Liberty Park: 0.2 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.3 mi
- Boeck's Park: 0.4 mi
- Ingleside Manor Park: 0.4 mi
- Ingleside Woods: 0.5 mi
- Stewart Park: 0.6 mi
- Brigham County Park: 4.5 mi
- Blue Mounds Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
- Dane County Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Evenson/Ryan Prairie: 5.0 mi
- Springdale Lutheran Church: 2.0 mi
- Brigham Park: 4.6 mi
- Blue Mounds Fort: 4.9 mi
- Historic Cabin Site: 5.0 mi
- C-47 Plane Crash Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Emmett Schulte Garden: 7.7 mi
- Epic Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 8.7 mi
- Forward Garden: 9.3 mi
- Theme Garden: 9.4 mi
- Toy Soldier: 8.2 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 10.1 mi
- Community: 13.7 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 13.7 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 14.3 mi
- Little Norway: 3.3 mi
- Cave of the Mounds: 4.3 mi
- Cave of the Mounds: 4.3 mi
- Riley Wishing Tree: 4.5 mi
- Hauge Log Church: 7.2 mi
- Donald Rock: 4.3 mi
- Blue Mounds: 6.3 mi
- Devil's Chimney: 8.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 9.0 mi
- Mount Julia: 9.7 mi
- Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 0.5 mi
- Black Earth Children's Museum: 8.9 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 12.5 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 12.6 mi
- Swiss Historical Museum: 14.3 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 9.9 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 14.1 mi
- Mazo Beach: 15.4 mi
- Circle Bench: 16.0 mi
- Willow Beach: 16.4 mi
- Big Spring: 5.1 mi
- Riley Spring: 5.6 mi
- Spring House: 7.6 mi
- Merrill Spring: 14.2 mi
- Springs: 14.6 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Table Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Fox Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Maple Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 15.5 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 11.5 mi
- Stephens Falls: 20.2 mi
- Train Car: 8.4 mi
- Pendarvis: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Union Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 281° | 524 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 270° | 371 m | 18.0 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | WNW 284° | 366 m | 24.8 mi |
| Indian Castle | WNW 299° | 354 m | 9.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | N 6° | 346 m | 19.6 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SE 128° | 338 m | 20.5 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 306° | 327 m | 10.7 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | ENE 57° | 317 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:41 | 16:28 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazomanie Wwtp, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/98845316
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