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Hiawatha Circle Park

Hiawatha Circle Park from directly overhead

Hiawatha Circle Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 297 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.04419, -89.44956

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 0.2 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 1.0 mi
  • Community: 1.2 mi
  • Hoyt Park Pyramid: 1.8 mi
  • Visible Bucky: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Bison Prairie Gateway: 0.2 mi
  • Zook Park: 0.4 mi
  • Odana Hills East Park: 0.4 mi
  • Nakoma Park: 0.5 mi
  • Doncaster Park: 0.5 mi
Gardens
  • Rain garden: 0.3 mi
  • Magnolia & Lilac: 0.9 mi
  • Crabapple: 0.9 mi
  • Birch: 0.9 mi
  • Honeylocust: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • University of Wisconsin Arboretum - Grady Tract: 1.0 mi
  • Dunn's Marsh Natural Area: 1.3 mi
  • Harlan Hills Prairie: 1.4 mi
  • Dawley Conservancy Park: 1.6 mi
  • Knollwood Conservation Park: 1.6 mi
Attractions
  • Conservation Carousel: 2.2 mi
  • Goat Feeding: 2.2 mi
  • Camel: 2.2 mi
  • Giraffe: 2.2 mi
  • Rhino: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 22
Springs: 8
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Council Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Springs: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 2.2 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 6.4 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 12.4 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 4.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 267°524 m20.4 mi
Indian CastleW 276°354 m22.9 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 325°346 m21.1 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 172°338 m15.0 mi
Pine KnobW 280°327 m23.1 mi
Liberty MoundE 98°326 m14.6 mi
Frederick's HillNNW 342°317 m5.8 mi
Mount PleasantSW 224°316 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:41
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727062503725
Precip in1.71.72.34.24.65.74.74.13.93.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 1 mi away.

  • Wild Turkey614 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee336 obs
  • prairie trillium282 obs
  • white snakeroot257 obs
  • wild geranium254 obs
  • common milkweed242 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort231 obs
  • bloodroot229 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/875571797

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