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Alcott Park

Alcott Park from directly overhead

Alcott Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 237 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is South 88th Playground, a park 0.6 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97584, -88.03532

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Hales Corners Veteran's Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Meadowmere: 3.1 mi
  • New Berlin Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Hank Aaron's 755th Home Run Plaque: 4.9 mi
  • Men's Pavillion: 5.1 mi
Museums: 42
Gardens: 41
  • West Allis Medical Center Healing Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Trial Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Monarch Waystation: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 8: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 7: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 3.2 mi
Springs: 12
  • Silurian Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Parry Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 6
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Bayside: 15.8 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 16.1 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 18.5 mi
  • Mount Tom: 23.5 mi
  • Holy Hill: 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holy HillNW 322°376 m23.7 mi
Lapham HillWNW 282°368 m18.5 mi
Buena Park HillSW 218°290 m16.1 mi
Mount TomSSW 199°265 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:05
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.

  • House Sparrow23 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee19 obs
  • Coyote17 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee14 obs
  • common buckthorn14 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • Mallard10 obs
  • dame's rocket10 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/27373038

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