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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.

About

The story

unincorporated community in Racine County, Wisconsin

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

The record

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...
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Coordinates42.74164, -88.02689
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
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
Museums: 44
  • Heg Memorial Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Heg Memorial Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Norwegian Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Engine House: 12.1 mi
  • The Legacy Museum and Veterans Center: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • 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
Gardens: 36
  • 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
Beaches: 16
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
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

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 HillWNW 289°290 m10.9 mi
Gander MountainSSW 206°283 m19.1 mi
Hill FifteenSW 215°276 m23.6 mi
Mount TomSW 234°265 m10.2 mi
Mount MoriahSW 219°257 m19.5 mi
Leahy HillSSE 165°234 m22.6 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5027643477

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