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Lakeshore State Park

Lakeshore State Park from directly overhead

Lakeshore State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Buena Park Hill stands 290 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pebble Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.03295, -87.89579

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Parks
  • Urban Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pompeii Square: 0.4 mi
  • Museum Center Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gas Light Park: 0.5 mi
  • Trestle Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 49
  • Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 2.5 mi
  • Downer Woods: 3.4 mi
  • Shorewood Nature Conservancy: 3.8 mi
  • 30th & Fardale Green Space: 4.8 mi
  • Indian Prairie Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 35
Picnic sites: 32
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 2
  • Mount Bayside: 10.4 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 23.7 mi
Springs: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buena Park HillSW 226°290 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1319:5220:35
September equinox06:4018:1318:51
December solstice07:2115:3416:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736465768737265534030
Precip in1.81.72.23.93.54.43.43.73.22.82.21.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milwaukee Mitchell AP, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee392 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee365 obs
  • Canada Goose266 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser264 obs
  • Mallard250 obs
  • American Herring Gull245 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull167 obs
  • Greater Scaup150 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/107916996

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