Lucia Crest Park
Lucia Crest Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 271 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Quarry Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Madison Parks
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Quarry Park: 0.2 mi
- Entryway Park: 0.4 mi
- Hoyt Park: 0.4 mi
- Reese Woods: 0.4 mi
- Dudley Davis Quarry Park: 0.4 mi
- Hoyt Park Pyramid: 0.5 mi
- Visible Bucky: 1.0 mi
- The Badger: 1.7 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 1.8 mi
- Pat Richter: 1.8 mi
- Bamforth Bluff Restoration: 0.8 mi
- Richard Askey: 0.9 mi
- Robert James Wilson: 0.9 mi
- Margaret Kuenne Harlow: 0.9 mi
- Harry Harlow: 0.9 mi
- Black Hawk's Cave: 1.0 mi
- Raymer's Ravine: 1.2 mi
- Washburn Observatory: 2.0 mi
- Rhino: 2.0 mi
- Lion: 2.0 mi
- Lakeshore Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Edgewood Forest: 1.7 mi
- Owen Conservation Park: 2.0 mi
- University of Wisconsin Arboretum - Grady Tract: 2.9 mi
- Tiedeman Pond Conservancy: 3.1 mi
- Allen Centennial Garden: 1.8 mi
- Rain garden: 1.8 mi
- Maple: 2.1 mi
- Juniper: 2.2 mi
- Pine: 2.2 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 2.1 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 2.1 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 2.5 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 3.0 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 3.1 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 1.3 mi
- Willow Beach: 1.5 mi
- Circle Bench: 1.8 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 2.1 mi
- Brittingham Beach: 2.9 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 0.5 mi
- Eagle Heights: 1.0 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bascom Hill: 2.2 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 4.1 mi
- Merrill Spring: 1.1 mi
- Council Spring: 1.5 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 1.5 mi
- Big Spring: 2.0 mi
- Springs: 3.8 mi
- Fox Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Maple Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Table Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.9 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 7.6 mi
- Williams Knoll: 13.2 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Train Car: 7.8 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 24.4 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 24.7 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lucia Crest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 262° | 524 m | 20.7 mi |
| Indian Castle | W 271° | 354 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 321° | 346 m | 19.6 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 173° | 338 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pine Knob | W 275° | 327 m | 23.0 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ESE 105° | 326 m | 14.9 mi |
| Owls Head Hill | NNW 341° | 319 m | 23.5 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NNW 333° | 317 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 2 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells524 obs
- Sandhill Crane483 obs
- Wild Turkey411 obs
- bloodroot397 obs
- Virginia waterleaf383 obs
- American Robin382 obs
- Mallard381 obs
- wild geranium369 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/28788973
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