Centennial Park
Centennial Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ripp Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Village of Waunakee
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ripp Park: 0.3 mi
- Dublin Park: 0.8 mi
- Reeve Park: 0.8 mi
- Kilkenny Farms Neighborhood Pool Inc: 1.0 mi
- Augusta Park: 1.0 mi
- Waunakee Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Middleton Community Veterans' Tribute: 6.1 mi
- Bamforth Bluff Restoration: 6.9 mi
- Edward Young House: 7.0 mi
- Tyler Knipfer: 7.3 mi
- Castle Creek Conservancy: 1.3 mi
- Wilke Prairie Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Schumacher Farm County Park: 1.9 mi
- Waunakee Arboretum: 2.3 mi
- Six Mile Creek State Fishery Area: 2.9 mi
- Rooted: Troy Farm: 5.1 mi
- Rooted: Troy Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Allen Centennial Garden: 7.9 mi
- Emerson Wildflower Garden: 7.9 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 8.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty replica: 6.1 mi
- Pink Elephant: 6.3 mi
- Visible Bucky: 8.0 mi
- Hoyt Park Pyramid: 8.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 8.2 mi
- Raymer's Ravine: 6.7 mi
- Black Hawk's Cave: 6.8 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 7.2 mi
- Washburn Observatory: 8.0 mi
- Rhino: 9.0 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 4.2 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 6.5 mi
- Eagle Heights: 6.9 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 7.3 mi
- Observatory Hill: 8.0 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 6.5 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 6.5 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 8.2 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 8.4 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 8.4 mi
- Indianola Beach: 4.0 mi
- Warner Park Beach: 5.9 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 7.0 mi
- Willow Beach: 7.6 mi
- James Madison Beach: 8.2 mi
- Fox Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Maple Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Table Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Allen Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Springs: 4.4 mi
- Merrill Spring: 7.1 mi
- Council Spring: 9.1 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 9.2 mi
- Big Spring: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 11.6 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 13.5 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Williams Knoll: 19.1 mi
- Train Car: 13.7 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 16.7 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 17.0 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 13.2 mi
- Skillet Falls: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Centennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WSW 241° | 524 m | 22.2 mi |
| Happy Hill | NW 306° | 451 m | 24.5 mi |
| Sauk Point | NNW 330° | 449 m | 19.4 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NW 316° | 445 m | 21.0 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | N 353° | 388 m | 21.5 mi |
| Townhall Hill | N 352° | 380 m | 20.8 mi |
| Indian Castle | WSW 252° | 354 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | WNW 304° | 346 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Dane CO Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.
- Red Fox15 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel14 obs
- Eastern Cottontail13 obs
- American Robin11 obs
- giant ragweed11 obs
- common buckthorn10 obs
- American Toad9 obs
- Glade Mallow9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/751327074
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