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Custer Playfield

Custer Playfield from directly overhead

Custer Playfield is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 206 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is McGovern Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
206 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.11468, -87.96235

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Sidney Woodlands Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Indian Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Melody View Preserve: 4.0 mi
  • Marquette Electronics Park: 4.5 mi
  • Downer Woods: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 33
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area 1: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.5 mi
  • Chestnut Street Commons: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Bayside: 5.5 mi
  • Holy Hill: 20.4 mi
  • Powder Hill: 22.3 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 22.4 mi
  • Fox Hill: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillNW 308°405 m22.3 mi
Holy HillWNW 296°376 m20.4 mi
Lapham HillWSW 255°368 m22.4 mi
Fox HillNW 321°352 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1319:5220:36
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2115:3416:20

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, 5 mi away.

  • tuberous pea30 obs
  • Little Wood Satyr30 obs
  • common buckthorn29 obs
  • cutleaf teasel27 obs
  • Hobomok Skipper25 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake24 obs
  • wild parsnip24 obs
  • dame's rocket23 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/83432977

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