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Law Park

Law Park from directly overhead

Law Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Otis Redding Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Madison
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.07272, -89.37865
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Triangle Play III: 0.1 mi
  • Pearl Infinity: 0.1 mi
  • Gourd Men: 0.1 mi
  • Freiburg-Madison Sister Cities Mosaics: 0.2 mi
  • Hans Christian Heg: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Olin Terrace: 0.1 mi
  • Lakefront Porch Park: 0.2 mi
  • Capitol Square: 0.3 mi
  • Stations of the Cross Walking Path: 0.4 mi
  • Blount Street (South) Street End Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Reynolds Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Inspiration Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Creativity Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Welcome Garden: 1.1 mi
  • UW Madison Botany Garden: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Museums: 29
Beaches: 24
  • B.B. Clarke Beach: 0.6 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 0.7 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 0.7 mi
  • James Madison Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Brittingham Beach: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 19
Springs: 8
  • Council Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Springs: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 4.3 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 10.4 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 10.5 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Train Car: 10.7 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 8.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 263°524 m24.1 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 314°346 m21.9 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 185°338 m16.9 mi
Liberty MoundESE 110°326 m11.6 mi
Owls Head HillNNW 333°319 m24.9 mi
Frederick's HillNW 304°317 m6.4 mi
Mount PleasantSW 228°316 m18.2 mi
Mount JuliaSW 225°313 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:41
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:26

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard834 obs
  • House Sparrow486 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail457 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel334 obs
  • white snakeroot327 obs
  • common milkweed284 obs
  • American Robin282 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee280 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/304294044

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