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Franklin Street Park

Franklin Street Park from directly overhead

Franklin Street Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 274 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Evansville Community Partnership, a museum 0.4 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.77986, -89.29405

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Almeron Eager Funerary Monument and Plot: 0.5 mi
  • Old ball Tavern: 2.6 mi
  • English Settlement Cemetery: 6.4 mi
  • Liberty Pole: 6.9 mi
  • Geshe Sopa Memorial: 13.0 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
  • NIS Train: 17.5 mi
  • Seasonal Inspirations: 17.9 mi
  • Monona Sails: 18.4 mi
  • Robert the Gorilla: 18.5 mi
  • Monona M: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 37
  • Magnolia Cave: 4.5 mi
  • Reubens Cave: 9.0 mi
  • Lang Family House of Terror (Seasonal): 10.8 mi
  • Rock: 11.0 mi
  • Airway Beacon Generator Shed (historical): 13.5 mi
Museums: 31
Beaches: 22
  • Troll Beach: 9.8 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Pet Swim Area: 13.7 mi
  • Lions Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Fireman's Beach: 18.5 mi
Peaks: 13
Springs: 6
  • Big Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Council Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Williams Knoll: 13.7 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 17.8 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 18.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillWNW 300°338 m6.8 mi
Liberty MoundNNE 22°326 m17.6 mi
Mount PleasantWNW 294°316 m19.5 mi
Mount ZionESE 104°316 m19.5 mi
Mount JuliaWNW 297°313 m18.2 mi
Badger Mill HillNW 319°310 m18.4 mi
Eagle HeightsNNW 340°308 m22.5 mi
Donald RockWNW 303°300 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:10
June solstice05:2019:5720:40
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2515:4116:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192234465868727062503624
Precip in1.61.72.23.94.35.23.84.33.53.02.51.8

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

  • Canada Goose4 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird4 obs
  • box elder4 obs
  • New England aster4 obs
  • Great Blue Heron3 obs
  • Song Sparrow3 obs
  • American Robin3 obs
  • European Starling3 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/22381965

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