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Harrison L. Garner Park

Harrison L. Garner Park from directly overhead

Harrison L. Garner Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Oak Hills Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.06340, -89.47468

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Owen Conservation Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tiedeman Pond Conservancy: 2.4 mi
  • Edgewood Forest: 2.7 mi
  • Dunn's Marsh Natural Area: 2.8 mi
  • University of Wisconsin Arboretum - Grady Tract: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • Rain garden: 1.5 mi
  • Crabapple: 2.6 mi
  • Magnolia & Lilac: 2.6 mi
  • Oak: 2.6 mi
  • Hawthorn: 2.6 mi
Artworks
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 1.7 mi
  • Hoyt Park Pyramid: 1.8 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 2.3 mi
  • Visible Bucky: 2.4 mi
  • Community: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Bamforth Bluff Restoration: 1.9 mi
  • Richard Askey: 2.0 mi
  • William Gardner Harley: 2.0 mi
  • George Hambrecht: 2.0 mi
  • Margaret Kuenne Harlow: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 53
  • Black Hawk's Cave: 2.2 mi
  • Raymer's Ravine: 2.5 mi
  • Rhino: 3.2 mi
  • Giraffe: 3.2 mi
  • Goat Feeding: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 23
Springs: 8
  • Merrill Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Council Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Springs: 4.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 4.0 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 6.1 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 14.1 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Train Car: 6.4 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 5.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 263°524 m19.2 mi
Indian CastleW 273°354 m21.5 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 325°346 m19.2 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSE 168°338 m16.5 mi
Pine KnobW 277°327 m21.7 mi
Liberty MoundESE 102°326 m16.1 mi
Owls Head HillNNW 344°319 m23.7 mi
Frederick's HillN 353°317 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:42
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465868727062503624
Precip in1.51.62.44.14.65.54.74.13.62.92.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, under a mile away.

  • Wild Turkey241 obs
  • prairie trillium235 obs
  • Virginia bluebells222 obs
  • Red Fox208 obs
  • Celandine Poppy193 obs
  • bloodroot187 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee172 obs
  • red-berried elder169 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/22791072

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