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Yorkville #4 School

Yorkville #4 School from directly overhead

Yorkville #4 School is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Buena Park Hill stands 290 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Yorkville Baseball Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Unincorporated community in Racine County, Wisconsin.

Wikidata Q8055820, matched on coordinates and name (33 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
This one-room Italianate style schoolhouse has been the center of this Yorkville community since the building’s construction in 1885. Built at a time when one-room schoolhouses dominated rural education in Wisconsin, the building also served as a...

How to reach it

Coordinates42.74164, -88.02689

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Abandoned Haunted House Complex: 4.7 mi
  • Apple Holler: 5.9 mi
  • Mars Cheese Castle: 9.5 mi
  • Laser Tag: 12.6 mi
  • The Vault: 12.6 mi
Artworks
  • Chatham Street Neighborhood Wall: 12.4 mi
  • Mythos: 12.4 mi
  • Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument: 12.5 mi
  • Pelican: 13.4 mi
  • Saint Fiacre: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 54
Museums: 42
Gardens: 35
  • Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Cremains Scattering Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Wild Flowers Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Sturtevant Community Gardens: 7.4 mi
  • Butteryfly Garden: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pet Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 10.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 10.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 15
Ghost towns: 8
Peaks: 6
  • Mount Tom: 10.2 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Gander Mountain: 19.1 mi
  • Mount Moriah: 19.5 mi
  • Leahy Hill: 22.6 mi
Springs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yorkville #4 School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buena Park HillWNW290 m10.9 mi
Gander MountainSSW283 m19.1 mi
Hill FifteenSW276 m23.6 mi
Mount TomSW265 m10.2 mi
Mount MoriahSW257 m19.5 mi
Leahy HillSSE234 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1519:5220:35
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2015:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202434455666716961493726
Precip in1.81.52.13.54.14.53.53.83.42.92.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union Grove Wwtp, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5027643477

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