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Brigham County Park

Brigham County Park from directly overhead

Brigham County Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 454 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Brigham Park, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Dane County Parks
Getting there

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Coordinates43.02541, -89.81552
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hidden Mounds Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mounds View Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hickory Hills Park: 3.5 mi
  • Nesheim Park: 3.6 mi
  • Kittleson Krest Park: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Forward Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Theme Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Native American Garden: 13.1 mi
Artworks
  • Toy Soldier: 12.6 mi
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 14.5 mi
  • Community: 18.0 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 18.0 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 43
Peaks: 32
Beaches: 23
Museums: 21
  • Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 4.1 mi
  • Black Earth Children's Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 12.5 mi
  • Blanchardville Museum: 15.0 mi
  • National Mustard Museum: 16.1 mi
Springs: 9
  • Big Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Riley Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Spring House: 10.9 mi
  • Spring House: 15.9 mi
  • Springs: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 2
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brigham County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 275°524 m1.9 mi
Bunker HillW 266°371 m13.7 mi
Dunbar HillWNW 284°366 m20.3 mi
Indian CastleNW 311°354 m5.6 mi
Sugarloaf HillNNE 19°346 m19.5 mi
Liberty Pole HillESE 123°338 m24.6 mi
Hogback HillN 356°329 m23.9 mi
Pine KnobNW 321°327 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:12
June solstice05:2119:5920:43
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2815:4216:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182133455767706961493624
Precip in1.51.32.33.84.45.63.93.32.82.92.31.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazomanie Wwtp, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wild geranium47 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica46 obs
  • great blue lobelia37 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf34 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit33 obs
  • bloodroot33 obs
  • brown-eyed Susan33 obs
  • mayapple32 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/756412743

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