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Hawksnest Park

Hawksnest Park from directly overhead

Hawksnest Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Still Meadow Conservatory, a park 1.1 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.07559, -88.34661

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Still Meadow Conservatory: 1.1 mi
  • Oakwood Community Park: 1.2 mi
  • Penbrook Park: 1.4 mi
  • Nixon Park: 1.8 mi
  • Delafield Sports and Skate Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
  • Battle House: 7.3 mi
  • iCOMBAT Waukesha: 7.6 mi
  • Caribou & Sandhill Crane: 15.5 mi
  • Small Mammals Building: 15.5 mi
  • Elk: 15.6 mi
Museums: 41
Gardens: 37
Picnic sites: 27
  • DJ Mackie Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Tembo Trail: 15.7 mi
  • Savanna Walk: 15.8 mi
  • Little Oak Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Maple Cove Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
Springs: 12
  • Nemahbin Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Parry Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Silurian Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Hotel Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Emerald Springs: 11.5 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Lapham Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Holy Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Powder Hill: 16.5 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 20.4 mi
  • Bald Bluff: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Pike Lake Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Palmyra Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Family Camp Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 23.0 mi
  • McKinley Beach: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillN 6°405 m16.5 mi
Holy HillN 5°376 m11.7 mi
Lapham HillSW 218°368 m3.8 mi
Fox HillNNE 13°352 m21.0 mi
Bald BluffSW 219°317 m20.7 mi
Buena Park HillSSE 163°290 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:1519:5420:37
September equinox06:4118:1518:53
December solstice07:2215:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334455767716962503726
Precip in1.61.71.93.64.04.94.04.23.32.92.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukesha Wwtp, 7 mi away.

  • common motherwort68 obs
  • mayapple55 obs
  • common milkweed54 obs
  • black raspberry52 obs
  • White-tailed Deer48 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle47 obs
  • great mullein46 obs
  • American Robin39 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/468560045

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