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Greencrest Park

Greencrest Park from directly overhead

Greencrest Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Buena Park Hill stands 290 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Owens Prairie Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.69144, -87.81285

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • The Spark: 1.4 mi
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. statue: 3.0 mi
  • Dr. Laurel Blair Salton Clark Memorial Fountain: 3.0 mi
  • Karel Jonas statue: 3.6 mi
Artworks
  • Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Chatham Street Neighborhood Wall: 3.4 mi
  • Mythos: 4.2 mi
  • Ma Mère: 7.2 mi
  • Sphere: 7.2 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 58
Museums: 34
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Area 5: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 4: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.0 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Walden III Rain Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Racine Bicentennial Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Sturtevant Community Gardens: 4.1 mi
  • Walkabout Creek: 4.2 mi
  • Cremains Scattering Garden: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 12
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 4
  • Leahy Hill: 19.1 mi
  • Mount Tom: 19.3 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 22.3 mi
  • Gander Mountain: 23.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Indian Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buena Park HillWNW 288°290 m22.3 mi
Gander MountainSW 235°283 m23.7 mi
Mount TomW 263°265 m19.3 mi
Leahy HillSSW 195°234 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:04
June solstice05:1419:5120:34
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1915:3516:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222534445464717063513928
Precip in2.01.92.43.94.34.43.33.73.33.12.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Racine Wwtp, 2 mi away.

  • Monarch16 obs
  • Brilliant Jumping Spider14 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
  • Fiery Skipper11 obs
  • Black Swallowtail11 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser9 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade9 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth9 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/375065593

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