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Giddings Park

Giddings Park from directly overhead

Giddings Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Reynolds Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
263 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Madison

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.08708, -89.37680

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Reynolds Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Inspiration Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Creativity Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Welcome Garden: 1.3 mi
  • UW Madison Botany Garden: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches: 24
  • James Madison Beach: 0.4 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 0.4 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 0.5 mi
  • B.B. Clarke Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Brittingham Beach: 1.8 mi
Peaks: 20
Springs: 8
  • Council Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Springs: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 5.2 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 11.0 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 11.1 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Train Car: 11.3 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 23.9 mi
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 9.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 261°524 m24.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 312°346 m21.3 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 185°338 m17.9 mi
Liberty MoundESE 114°326 m11.9 mi
Owls Head HillNNW 332°319 m24.0 mi
Frederick's HillWNW 296°317 m6.0 mi
Mount PleasantSW 226°316 m18.9 mi
Mount JuliaSW 223°313 m17.8 mi

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 solstice07:2715:4016:26

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, 4 mi away.

  • Mallard750 obs
  • House Sparrow387 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail358 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel297 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee272 obs
  • white snakeroot271 obs
  • common milkweed254 obs
  • American Robin195 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/28767946

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