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Cherokee Park

Cherokee Park from directly overhead

Cherokee Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 262 m. Sauk Point stands 449 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherokee Marsh State Natural Area, a park 1.0 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
262 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.16555, -89.36484
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Tyler Knipfer: 3.6 mi
  • Joseph Solomon: 4.0 mi
  • David Frischkorn: 4.5 mi
  • Waunakee Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Tenney Park Lock And Dam: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 58
Museums: 26
Beaches: 25
  • Warner Park Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Indianola Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Olbrich Beach: 5.7 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 5.8 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 23
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 10
  • Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Council Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 10.5 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 15.1 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 15.1 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Train Car: 15.3 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 18.8 mi
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sauk PointNW 321°449 m23.4 mi
Cascade MountainNNW 341°388 m23.9 mi
Townhall HillNNW 340°380 m23.3 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 298°346 m18.7 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 186°338 m23.3 mi
Liberty MoundSE 135°326 m14.5 mi
Owls Head HillNW 323°319 m19.8 mi
Frederick's HillWSW 245°317 m6.7 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 solstice07:2715:3916:26

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sandhill Crane107 obs
  • eastern shooting star99 obs
  • compass plant93 obs
  • common milkweed92 obs
  • common cowparsnip74 obs
  • wild bergamot73 obs
  • Monarch70 obs
  • Canadian lousewort67 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 node/353871544

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