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Library Park

Library Park from directly overhead

Library Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Belleville Veteran's Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.85933, -89.53332

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Belleville Veteran's Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • New Glarus: 5.9 mi
  • HERBERT O. KUBLY: 6.0 mi
  • Liberty Pole: 6.5 mi
  • William B. Roys: 6.6 mi
Parks
  • Belleville Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • South East Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sugar River Park: 0.4 mi
  • Blaser Park: 1.0 mi
  • Exeter Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Lacy Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Verona Meadow: 9.5 mi
  • Badger Prairie Meadow: 9.6 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 10.7 mi
Artworks
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 9.4 mi
  • Toy Soldier: 9.9 mi
  • Community: 12.3 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 12.5 mi
  • Seasonal Inspirations: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 36
Museums: 29
Beaches: 21
Peaks: 18
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Riley Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Council Spring: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 12.4 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 9.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsNW 306°524 m19.9 mi
Indian CastleNW 309°354 m23.9 mi
Liberty Pole HillESE 108°338 m6.6 mi
Liberty MoundENE 60°326 m21.6 mi
Frederick's HillN 8°317 m18.5 mi
Mount PleasantWNW 294°316 m6.2 mi
Mount JuliaWNW 303°313 m5.0 mi
Badger Mill HillN 0°310 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2019:5820:41
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2715:4116:27

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, 14 mi away.

  • Canada Goose7 obs
  • Ghost Pipe7 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • Red-bellied Snake5 obs
  • European Carp5 obs
  • purple loosestrife5 obs
  • Lyreleaf Rockcress5 obs
  • ebony spleenwort5 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/53725419

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