Bowman Park
Bowman Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Garden at Heifetz Park, a garden 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Community Garden at Heifetz Park: 0.2 mi
- Quann Community Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Badger Fountain of Life Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Yew: 1.3 mi
- Maple: 1.3 mi
- Heifetz Park: 0.3 mi
- Fraust Park: 0.4 mi
- Newville (Kenneth) Park: 0.4 mi
- Fisher Street Playground: 0.4 mi
- Midland Park: 0.5 mi
- Quann Park Railroad Bridges: 0.6 mi
- Greenbush: 1.2 mi
- Longfellow School: 1.3 mi
- The Greenbush 1891-1960: 1.4 mi
- Tom Heninger: 1.6 mi
- Turtle: 1.0 mi
- Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain: 1.0 mi
- Updraft: 1.2 mi
- Seasonal Inspirations: 1.4 mi
- Spirit of Greenbush: 1.4 mi
- Edgewood Forest: 1.3 mi
- Turville Point Conservation Park: 1.6 mi
- Jenni & Kyle Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Knollwood Conservation Park: 2.2 mi
- Nevin Springs Fishery and Wildlife Area: 2.3 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 0.5 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 1.7 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 1.9 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 1.9 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.0 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 0.9 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 0.9 mi
- Circle Bench: 1.2 mi
- Brittingham Beach: 1.2 mi
- Olin Beach: 1.4 mi
- Bascom Hill: 2.0 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.1 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 3.4 mi
- Eagle Heights: 3.5 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 6.8 mi
- Big Spring: 1.4 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 1.6 mi
- Council Spring: 1.7 mi
- Merrill Spring: 4.1 mi
- Springs: 6.6 mi
- Maple Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Fox Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Table Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Pine Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 2.2 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 8.7 mi
- Williams Knoll: 10.3 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 6.4 mi
- Train Car: 8.9 mi
- Fellows: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bowman Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 267° | 524 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 319° | 346 m | 22.4 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 182° | 338 m | 15.0 mi |
| Liberty Mound | E 100° | 326 m | 12.2 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NW 322° | 317 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 230° | 316 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 227° | 313 m | 15.0 mi |
| Badger Mill Hill | SW 236° | 310 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 2 mi away.
- Wild Turkey484 obs
- Sandhill Crane395 obs
- Mallard311 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort294 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee294 obs
- white snakeroot247 obs
- Eastern Cottontail230 obs
- prairie trillium221 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/99752244
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