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Buchner Park

Buchner Park from directly overhead

Buchner Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Silurian Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
264 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.00400, -88.21600

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Waukesha Springs Park: 0.5 mi
  • Silurian Park: 0.5 mi
  • Main Lawn: 0.6 mi
  • New Tribes Disc Golf Park: 0.7 mi
  • Theodora W. Youmans Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • iCOMBAT Waukesha: 2.1 mi
  • Battle House: 3.2 mi
  • Caribou & Sandhill Crane: 8.8 mi
  • Small Mammals Building: 8.9 mi
  • North America: 8.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Sundial: 5.9 mi
  • play: 5.9 mi
  • dream: 5.9 mi
  • connect: 5.9 mi
  • inspire: 5.9 mi
Museums: 42
Gardens: 37
Picnic sites: 32
  • Tembo Trail: 9.0 mi
  • Savanna Walk: 9.0 mi
  • Little Oak Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Maple Cove Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Springs: 12
  • Silurian Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Parry Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Peaks: 7
  • Lapham Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Holy Hill: 17.5 mi
  • Mount Bayside: 20.0 mi
  • Powder Hill: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillNNW 347°405 m21.9 mi
Holy HillNNW 341°376 m17.5 mi
Lapham HillWNW 282°368 m9.1 mi
Bald BluffWSW 241°317 m22.6 mi
Buena Park HillS 183°290 m14.6 mi
Mount TomS 177°265 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1519:5320:36
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2215:3516:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334455767716962503726
Precip in1.61.71.93.64.04.94.04.23.32.92.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukesha Wwtp, 2 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee87 obs
  • Mallard73 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee51 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee43 obs
  • Western Honey Bee33 obs
  • American Robin32 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle28 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird25 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/373547092

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