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Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum

Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum from directly overhead

Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Park, a park 1.5 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
259 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.71047, -89.06908

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 46
Historic sites: 30
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • First State Fair: 3.2 mi
  • New Life Cross: 4.9 mi
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 8.4 mi
Museums: 22
Attractions: 12
  • Five Points: 2.9 mi
  • Bessie the Cow: 3.9 mi
  • Magnolia Cave: 14.4 mi
  • Beckman Mill: 14.7 mi
  • Skydive the Rock: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 7
  • Lions Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Troll Beach: 15.6 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 7
Rest areas: 4
Peaks: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Williams Knoll: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillWNW 296°338 m19.1 mi
Liberty MoundNNW 347°326 m21.6 mi
Lone Tree BluffENE 74°320 m20.9 mi
Mount ZionE 91°316 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:09
June solstice05:1919:5620:39
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202435475969737163513726
Precip in1.61.62.13.64.15.04.24.33.73.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, 5 mi away.

  • sharp-lobed hepatica16 obs
  • mayapple15 obs
  • rue anemone13 obs
  • Canada yew12 obs
  • Snakewort11 obs
  • false rue anemone11 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches10 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/516214125

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