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Butterfly Park

Butterfly Park from directly overhead

Butterfly Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Metcalfe Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.06186, -87.96057

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 58
  • Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 2.2 mi
  • Lakeshore State Park: 3.8 mi
  • Forestry Education and Awareness Center: 3.9 mi
  • Downer Woods: 4.2 mi
  • Sidney Woodlands Preserve: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 34
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Bayside: 8.8 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 21.9 mi
  • Holy Hill: 22.4 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 23.1 mi
  • Powder Hill: 24.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Silurian Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Parry Spring: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillNW 315°405 m24.8 mi
Holy HillNW 304°376 m22.4 mi
Lapham HillW 265°368 m21.9 mi
Buena Park HillSW 216°290 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1319:5220:35
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2115:3416:21

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, 4 mi away.

  • bloodroot43 obs
  • white snakeroot43 obs
  • American Robin42 obs
  • box elder37 obs
  • garlic mustard36 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf36 obs
  • Mallard34 obs
  • mayapple33 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/370448675

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