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Bordner Park

Bordner Park from directly overhead

Bordner Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 274 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Oak Hills Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
274 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Madison

How to reach it

Coordinates43.07145, -89.47888

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Hoyt Park Pyramid: 2.0 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 2.2 mi
  • Visible Bucky: 2.5 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 2.9 mi
  • Community: 3.1 mi
Gardens
  • Rain garden: 2.1 mi
  • Crabapple: 3.1 mi
  • Oak: 3.1 mi
  • Hawthorn: 3.1 mi
  • Magnolia & Lilac: 3.1 mi
Attractions: 41
  • Black Hawk's Cave: 2.0 mi
  • Raymer's Ravine: 2.3 mi
  • Rhino: 3.5 mi
  • Lion: 3.5 mi
  • Giraffe: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 23
Springs: 8
  • Merrill Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Council Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Springs: 3.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 4.6 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 6.4 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 14.6 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Train Car: 6.6 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 24.4 mi
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 5.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 261°524 m19.1 mi
Indian CastleW 271°354 m21.3 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 325°346 m18.7 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSE 168°338 m17.1 mi
Pine KnobW 276°327 m21.4 mi
Liberty MoundESE 103°326 m16.4 mi
Owls Head HillNNW 344°319 m23.1 mi
Frederick's HillN 355°317 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:42
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465868727062503624
Precip in1.51.62.44.14.65.54.74.13.62.92.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, under a mile away.

  • Wild Turkey224 obs
  • prairie trillium179 obs
  • Virginia bluebells171 obs
  • bloodroot163 obs
  • wild geranium153 obs
  • Red Fox152 obs
  • red-berried elder152 obs
  • Celandine Poppy152 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/28565644

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