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Burrows Park

Burrows Park from directly overhead

Burrows Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Sugarloaf Hill stands 346 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
259 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.10230, -89.36632
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Johnson Park: 0.1 mi
  • Kelliher Field: 0.4 mi
  • Filene Park: 0.5 mi
  • Emerson East Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hartmeyer Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Tenney Park Lock And Dam: 0.6 mi
  • Brendan Primm: 0.8 mi
  • Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage: 0.9 mi
  • Tyler Knipfer: 0.9 mi
  • David Frischkorn: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Emerson Wildflower Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Rain Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Reynolds Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Atrium Shade Garden: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Lakeshore Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Cherokee Marsh- Mendota Unit: 3.5 mi
  • Turville Point Conservation Park: 3.5 mi
  • Heritage Sanctuary: 3.7 mi
  • Westshire Conservancy/Jackson's Landing: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 57
Museums: 29
Beaches: 24
  • James Madison Beach: 1.6 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 1.6 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 1.6 mi
  • B.B. Clarke Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Warner Park Beach: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 18
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 8
  • Council Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Springs: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 6.4 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 11.5 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 12.1 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Train Car: 12.3 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 23.0 mi
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 10.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf HillNW 309°346 m21.0 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 187°338 m19.0 mi
Liberty MoundESE 120°326 m11.9 mi
Owls Head HillNNW 329°319 m23.4 mi
Frederick's HillWNW 285°317 m6.2 mi
Mount PleasantSW 225°316 m20.0 mi
Mount JuliaSW 222°313 m18.9 mi
Badger Mill HillSW 225°310 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:41
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334465868727062503725
Precip in1.51.52.33.84.15.34.54.23.42.82.21.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Dane CO Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee880 obs
  • Monarch588 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee570 obs
  • Western Honey Bee523 obs
  • Mallard448 obs
  • Red Admiral401 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle390 obs
  • Small White331 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/28769062

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