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Joan Stevens Woods

Joan Stevens Woods from directly overhead

Joan Stevens Woods is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 78th Street Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Greenfield, WI

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97296, -88.02090

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Potter's Forest: 2.4 mi
  • Fountain Square Nature Area: 3.2 mi
  • Grootemat Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • 30th & Fardale Green Space: 3.5 mi
  • Mangan Woods: 3.5 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Meadowmere: 2.7 mi
  • Hales Corners Veteran's Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Hank Aaron's 755th Home Run Plaque: 4.7 mi
  • Count Casimir Pulaski: 4.7 mi
  • New Berlin Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
Museums: 42
Gardens: 41
  • West Allis Medical Center Healing Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Trial Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Monarch Waystation: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 8: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 7: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 3.4 mi
Springs: 12
  • Silurian Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Parry Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 6
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Bayside: 15.7 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Mount Tom: 23.6 mi
  • Holy Hill: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holy HillNW 321°376 m24.3 mi
Lapham HillWNW 282°368 m19.2 mi
Buena Park HillSW 220°290 m16.4 mi
Mount TomSSW 201°265 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1419:5220:35
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2115:3516:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212434455767727063513827
Precip in1.81.92.14.14.35.63.73.83.83.02.32.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hales Corners/whitnall Park/bo, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/848043432

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