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Maywood Park

Maywood Park from directly overhead

Maywood Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 258 m. Sugarloaf Hill stands 346 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wizard, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
258 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.06004, -89.33887
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Wizard: 0.3 mi
  • Monona M: 0.9 mi
  • Monona Sails: 1.2 mi
  • Changing Graffiti: 1.8 mi
  • Robert the Gorilla: 1.9 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Rock Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Prairie Dropseed Meadow: 2.2 mi
  • Meadow Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Atrium Shade Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 2.2 mi
Attractions: 60
Museums: 29
Beaches: 23
  • Frost Woods Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Schluter Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Esther Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Olin Beach: 1.9 mi
  • B.B. Clarke Beach: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 16
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Council Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Springs: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 5.1 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 8.4 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 11.9 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf HillNW 312°346 m24.0 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSW 193°338 m16.3 mi
Liberty MoundESE 109°326 m9.4 mi
Frederick's HillWNW 301°317 m8.6 mi
Mount PleasantSW 234°316 m19.2 mi
Mount JuliaSW 231°313 m17.9 mi
Badger Mill HillWSW 241°310 m11.2 mi
Eagle HeightsWNW 289°308 m5.6 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 solstice07:2615:4016:26

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee336 obs
  • Mallard125 obs
  • Canada Goose120 obs
  • common milkweed108 obs
  • white snakeroot101 obs
  • Sandhill Crane95 obs
  • American Robin94 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort89 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/28773469

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