Franklin Square Playground
Franklin Square Playground is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 209 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ezekiel Gillespie Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 209 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ezekiel Gillespie Park: 0.2 mi
- 12th & Wright Play Area: 0.3 mi
- Sunshine Park: 0.5 mi
- 16th & Hopkins Play Area: 0.5 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.5 mi
- Celebrate the Arts: 0.6 mi
- Kindred Ties: 0.7 mi
- The Patchwork: 0.7 mi
- stand for something or fall for anything: 0.9 mi
- Life’s Garden: 1.0 mi
- Juneteenth Day: 0.8 mi
- Skyline Music: 1.4 mi
- AJ Bombers Chairs: 1.6 mi
- Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame: 1.8 mi
- River Rhythms: 1.8 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 1.2 mi
- American Legion: 1.5 mi
- Pabst Brewery Timeline Walkway: 1.5 mi
- Holton Street Viaduct Redecking: 1.6 mi
- F.H. Hochmuth Building: 1.6 mi
- Downer Woods: 2.6 mi
- Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 2.6 mi
- Lakeshore State Park: 2.9 mi
- Shorewood Nature Conservancy: 3.1 mi
- Indian Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- America’s Black Holocaust Museum: 0.8 mi
- Wisconsin Black Historical Society: 1.0 mi
- Milwaukee Public Museum: 1.8 mi
- Milwaukee County Historical Center: 1.9 mi
- Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion: 2.0 mi
- All People's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Victory Garden Urban Farm: 1.3 mi
- Nigella Community Orchard: 1.5 mi
- Nigella Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Bethune Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 3.5 mi
- McKinley Beach: 2.5 mi
- Bradford Beach: 2.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.9 mi
- Private Beach: 9.4 mi
- Grant Park Beach: 11.5 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 2.9 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 2.9 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light: 22.3 mi
- Port Washington Light Station: 22.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 22.6 mi
- Root Creek: 7.5 mi
- Brookfield Center: 11.0 mi
- Raymond Center: 18.9 mi
- Denoon: 19.5 mi
- Mount Bayside: 8.1 mi
- Holy Hill: 23.6 mi
- Lapham Hill: 23.6 mi
- Buena Park Hill: 24.3 mi
- Silurian Spring: 15.4 mi
- Hygeia Spring: 19.1 mi
- Nemahbin Spring: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franklin Square Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Hill | WNW 302° | 376 m | 23.6 mi |
| Lapham Hill | W 264° | 368 m | 23.6 mi |
| Buena Park Hill | SW 219° | 290 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Allis, 5 mi away.
- Red-belted Bumble Bee170 obs
- box elder97 obs
- Dryad's Saddle75 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee69 obs
- white snakeroot66 obs
- common cowparsnip64 obs
- Virginia waterleaf64 obs
- Canada Goose63 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/423435074
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