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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Milton Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.77731, -88.95472

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.3 mi
  • Schilberg Park: 0.4 mi
  • Liberty Park: 0.6 mi
  • Milton College Historic District: 0.6 mi
  • La Mar Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 29
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • New Life Cross: 4.6 mi
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • First State Fair: 7.2 mi
  • DR. ARLOW BURDETTE STOUT, Ph.D.: 8.7 mi
Museums: 22
Attractions: 13
  • Bessie the Cow: 4.3 mi
  • Five Points: 7.8 mi
  • Skydive the Rock: 19.3 mi
  • Magnolia Cave: 20.4 mi
  • Beckman Mill: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Swimming Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Lions Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Troll Beach: 16.1 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 8
Artworks: 7
  • NIS Train: 0.4 mi
  • the Flame of Friendship: 10.9 mi
  • Sundial: 11.5 mi
  • Giraffe Statue: 18.5 mi
  • Romeo the Elephant: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
Peaks: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Stute Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Minnehaha Spring: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Williams Knoll: 19.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillW 279°338 m23.3 mi
Liberty MoundNNW 327°326 m19.5 mi
Lone Tree BluffE 86°320 m14.3 mi
Bald BluffENE 75°317 m18.3 mi
Mount ZionSSE 160°316 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1819:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:3916:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727063503726
Precip in1.51.42.03.64.15.04.03.93.32.82.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Atkinson Wwtp, 10 mi away.

  • False Milkweed Bug9 obs
  • common motherwort7 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee7 obs
  • ground-ivy6 obs
  • Red Milkweed Beetle6 obs
  • American pokeweed5 obs
  • Japanese Beetle5 obs
  • compass plant5 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/780393567

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