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Brown Deer Park

Brown Deer Park from directly overhead

Brown Deer Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 208 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Algonquin Park, a park 1.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
208 m

What to expect

Operated by
Milwaukee County Parks

How to reach it

Coordinates43.15824, -87.95011

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Algonquin Park: 1.2 mi
  • Badger Meter River Park: 1.4 mi
  • Wyrick Park: 1.8 mi
  • Kletzsch Park: 1.9 mi
  • Richard E. Maslowski Glendale Community Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Sidney Woodlands Preserve: 2.4 mi
  • Indian Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Bayside Middle School Wildlife Prairie Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Grasslyn Nature Reserve: 2.9 mi
  • Marquette Electronics Park: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 34
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area 1: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Bayside: 2.8 mi
  • Holy Hill: 19.9 mi
  • Powder Hill: 21.1 mi
  • Fox Hill: 21.3 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillWNW 301°405 m21.1 mi
Holy HillWNW 288°376 m19.9 mi
Lapham HillWSW 249°368 m24.0 mi
Fox HillNW 314°352 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1319:5220:36
September equinox06:4018:1318:51
December solstice07:2115:3416:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222535465868737164513928
Precip in1.51.51.83.73.74.83.63.73.02.72.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mary College, 7 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee28 obs
  • mayapple23 obs
  • American Bullfrog23 obs
  • bloodroot19 obs
  • Coyote18 obs
  • wild geranium17 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee17 obs
  • American beech16 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/27372809

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