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Fountain Square Nature Area

Fountain Square Nature Area from directly overhead

Fountain Square Nature Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 251 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pro Health Care Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
251 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.99124, -88.08008

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • New Berlin Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Hales Corners Veteran's Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Men's Pavillion: 4.9 mi
  • Meadowmere: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Stigler Nature Reserve: 2.8 mi
  • Joan Stevens Woods: 3.2 mi
  • Potter's Forest: 4.1 mi
  • Forestry Education and Awareness Center: 4.8 mi
  • Mangan Woods: 5.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • African Forest: 3.3 mi
  • Caribou & Sandhill Crane: 3.3 mi
  • Adventure Africa: 3.3 mi
  • North America: 3.3 mi
  • Elk: 3.3 mi
Museums: 44
Gardens: 41
  • West Allis Medical Center Healing Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Trial Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Monarch Waystation: 5.8 mi
  • Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Tembo Trail: 3.2 mi
  • Savanna Walk: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 3.4 mi
  • Little Oak Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
Springs: 12
  • Silurian Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Parry Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 6
Peaks: 5
  • Buena Park Hill: 15.7 mi
  • Mount Bayside: 15.9 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Holy Hill: 21.5 mi
  • Mount Tom: 23.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fountain Square Nature Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holy HillNW 325°376 m21.5 mi
Lapham HillW 280°368 m16.0 mi
Buena Park HillSSW 209°290 m15.7 mi
Mount TomSSW 193°265 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:05
June solstice05:1419:5220:36
September equinox06:4018:1418:52
December solstice07:2115:3516:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636475969747265523928
Precip in2.22.12.53.74.35.03.74.33.73.12.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Allis, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1021711844

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