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Brittingham Park

Brittingham Park from directly overhead

Brittingham Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Updraft, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.06372, -89.39564

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • South & West Shore Park: 0.4 mi
  • Monona Bay Open Spaces: 0.6 mi
  • Bernie's Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Edward Klief Park: 0.6 mi
  • Monona Bay Open Spaces: 0.6 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • UW Madison Botany Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Welcome Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Creativity Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Inspiration Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Quann Community Gardens: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 19
Springs: 8
  • Council Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Springs: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.4 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 9.4 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 10.7 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 7.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 264°524 m23.2 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 317°346 m21.7 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 182°338 m16.2 mi
Liberty MoundESE 106°326 m12.2 mi
Frederick's HillNW 313°317 m6.2 mi
Mount PleasantSW 227°316 m17.1 mi
Mount JuliaSW 224°313 m16.0 mi
Badger Mill HillSW 231°310 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:41
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727062503725
Precip in1.71.72.34.24.65.74.74.13.93.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 2 mi away.

  • Mallard800 obs
  • House Sparrow467 obs
  • Sandhill Crane461 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail438 obs
  • white snakeroot344 obs
  • American Robin321 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel301 obs
  • Canada Goose292 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/33804586

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