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McKellar Park

McKellar Park from directly overhead

McKellar Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Blanchardville Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.80989, -89.85911

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 32
  • Saxton House: 7.4 mi
  • Argyle Bridge Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • HERBERT O. KUBLY: 11.4 mi
  • New Glarus: 11.5 mi
  • Robert M. La Follette: The Early Years: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 18
Peaks: 15
Museums: 13
Gardens: 10
  • Epic Community Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Verona Meadow: 20.7 mi
  • Good Shephard Food Pantry Garden: 20.8 mi
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 20.8 mi
  • Badger Prairie Meadow: 21.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Big Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Riley Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Spring House: 20.4 mi
  • Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 22.2 mi
  • Spring House: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Cox Hollow Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Twin Valley Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Fireman's Beach: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Toy Soldier: 19.8 mi
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsN 1°524 m15.1 mi
Bunker HillNW 321°371 m18.0 mi
Indian CastleN 354°354 m18.7 mi
Liberty Pole HillE 86°338 m22.8 mi
Pine KnobN 354°327 m20.4 mi
Mount PleasantENE 61°316 m12.4 mi
Mount JuliaENE 64°313 m13.7 mi
Badger Mill HillNE 54°310 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3419:12
June solstice05:2219:5920:42
September equinox06:4718:2118:59
December solstice07:2815:4316:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234465868716961493624
Precip in1.31.42.03.94.25.34.24.44.12.82.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darlington Wwtp, 16 mi away.

  • Common Watersnake2 obs
  • bastard toadflax2 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee2 obs
  • Northern House Wren1 obs
  • Bobolink1 obs
  • Common Garter Snake1 obs
  • butterfly milkweed1 obs
  • Widow Skimmer1 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/22770568

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