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Salem Landmark Church and WELS Museum

Salem Landmark Church and WELS Museum from directly overhead

Salem Landmark Church and WELS Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 237 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Buildings 1992, a artwork 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Salem Lutheran Church
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates43.14158, -88.04484

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Granville Dog Park: 0.9 mi
  • 90th & Bender Play Area: 1.3 mi
  • 97th & Thurston Play Area: 1.5 mi
  • Bryant Park: 1.7 mi
  • Noyes Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Melody View Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Marquette Electronics Park: 2.5 mi
  • Tamarack Swamp Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Swan Road Prairie: 3.7 mi
  • Mequon Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Garwin Mace Lime Kilns: 4.2 mi
  • Garwin Mace Lime Kilns: 4.3 mi
  • Christian Wahl: 4.5 mi
  • Arch: 4.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
Attractions
  • Sprecher Brewery: 6.9 mi
  • Wong Family Pheasantry: 7.4 mi
  • Herb & Nada Mahler Family Aviary: 7.4 mi
  • Idamel Wilmont Borchert Flamingo Exhibit: 7.5 mi
  • Primates of the World: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 34
  • Florence Lambert Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Monarch Waystation: 7.5 mi
  • Bethune Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.5 mi
  • Chestnut Street Commons: 6.9 mi
  • Oak Leaf Trail Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • Bridge Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 8
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Bayside: 7.6 mi
  • Holy Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Powder Hill: 17.9 mi
  • Fox Hill: 19.1 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
  • Silurian Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Parry Spring: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salem Landmark Church and WELS Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillNW 312°405 m17.9 mi
Holy HillWNW 297°376 m15.9 mi
Lapham HillWSW 247°368 m19.1 mi
Fox HillNNW 327°352 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:05
June solstice05:1319:5320:36
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2215:3416:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222535465868737164513928
Precip in1.51.51.83.73.74.83.63.73.02.72.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mary College, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/659573030

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