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Meadowood Park

Meadowood Park from directly overhead

Meadowood Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 314 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Western Hills Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
314 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Madison

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.02991, -89.48049

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Western Hills Park: 0.4 mi
  • Huegel Park: 0.5 mi
  • New Fountains Commons: 0.6 mi
  • King James Way Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lucy Lincoln Hiestand Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Community: 1.1 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 1.1 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 1.9 mi
  • Hoyt Park Pyramid: 3.4 mi
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Rain garden: 1.7 mi
  • Magnolia & Lilac: 2.6 mi
  • Crabapple: 2.6 mi
  • Honeylocust: 2.6 mi
  • Birch: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 39
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 22
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Council Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Springs: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.0 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 4.5 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 2.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 4.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 270°524 m18.8 mi
Indian CastleW 279°354 m21.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillNNW 330°346 m21.0 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSE 165°338 m14.3 mi
Pine KnobWNW 284°327 m21.8 mi
Liberty MoundE 93°326 m16.1 mi
Frederick's HillN 358°317 m6.6 mi
Mount PleasantSW 222°316 m12.4 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 solstice07:2715:4016:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465868727062503624
Precip in1.51.62.44.14.65.54.74.13.62.92.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 2 mi away.

  • Black-capped Chickadee267 obs
  • Red Fox150 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco110 obs
  • Coyote109 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee99 obs
  • Northern Cardinal94 obs
  • American Robin86 obs
  • Mourning Dove68 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/62164761

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