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Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park from directly overhead

Jefferson Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 260 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Courthouse Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
260 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.68190, -89.01598

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Upper Courthouse Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lower Courthouse Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parker Park: 0.3 mi
  • Firehouse park: 0.4 mi
  • Vista Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • First State Fair: 0.2 mi
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • New Life Cross: 3.0 mi
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 6.1 mi
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Five Points: 0.8 mi
  • Bessie the Cow: 3.0 mi
  • Skydive the Rock: 12.9 mi
  • Beckman Mill: 14.2 mi
  • Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Lions Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Troll Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Assembly Park Beach: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 7
Artworks: 7
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Williams Knoll: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillWNW 297°338 m22.4 mi
Liberty MoundNNW 342°326 m24.2 mi
Lone Tree BluffENE 66°320 m19.0 mi
Bald BluffENE 62°317 m23.6 mi
Mount ZionENE 69°316 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1919:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202435475969737163513726
Precip in1.61.62.13.64.15.04.24.33.73.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, 4 mi away.

  • Canada Goose24 obs
  • American White Pelican19 obs
  • Mallard19 obs
  • Monarch19 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs
  • common motherwort16 obs
  • common hackberry15 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/24963022

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