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City Park

City Park from directly overhead

City Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 303 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the east-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jenor Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 9.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
303 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.73517, -90.47907

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jenor Park: 0.2 mi
  • Indian Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sherman Park: 0.3 mi
  • Highland Park: 0.4 mi
  • Miner's Field: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 46
  • An Ode to the River: 18.4 mi
  • Kerouac Quotation: 18.4 mi
  • Portal: 18.4 mi
  • Owl's Moon: 18.4 mi
  • Coretta Scott King: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • Belmont - Wisconsin Territory 1836: 6.4 mi
  • 1998 Wisconsin Assembly: 6.4 mi
  • Governor Tommy G. Thompson's 1998 Address at Wisconsin's First Capitol: 6.4 mi
  • Old Rock Church: 11.8 mi
  • Wisconsin Lead Region: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 25
Museums: 23
Peaks: 20
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Marsden Well: 22.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Cleary Spring: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platte MoundsENE 62°435 m4.2 mi
Belmont MoundENE 70°427 m7.0 mi
Little MoundENE 68°389 m4.9 mi
White HillSE 136°381 m18.4 mi
Sherrill MoundWSW 241°374 m18.6 mi
Charles MoundSE 143°374 m20.1 mi
Scales MoundSSE 150°356 m21.3 mi
Balltown RidgeWSW 253°355 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2520:0120:44
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:3015:4616:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234465868727062503624
Precip in1.21.52.14.04.66.05.34.24.32.82.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platteville, 1 mi away.

  • Blue Jay349 obs
  • House Finch167 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel141 obs
  • House Sparrow124 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker123 obs
  • American Goldfinch98 obs
  • European Starling87 obs
  • American Robin69 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/46042443

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