Mendota Park
Mendota Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 262 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mendota County Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 262 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mendota County Park: 0.0 mi
- Baskerville Park: 0.6 mi
- John Harvey & Lucille Taylor Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Springtree Apartments Common: 1.2 mi
- Lakeview Community Park: 1.3 mi
- Middleton Community Veterans' Tribute: 1.3 mi
- Bamforth Bluff Restoration: 2.0 mi
- Edward Young House: 2.6 mi
- Richard T. Ely: 3.6 mi
- John Coit Spooner: 3.6 mi
- North Mendota Natural Resource Area- Prairie Unit: 1.6 mi
- Graber Pond Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Tiedeman Pond Conservancy: 2.2 mi
- Dorn Creek State Fishery Area: 2.3 mi
- Owen Conservation Park: 2.9 mi
- Black Hawk's Cave: 1.9 mi
- Raymer's Ravine: 2.0 mi
- Washburn Observatory: 3.8 mi
- Rhino: 4.5 mi
- Lion: 4.5 mi
- Hoyt Park Pyramid: 3.2 mi
- Visible Bucky: 3.3 mi
- Pat Richter: 4.0 mi
- Barry Alvarez: 4.0 mi
- The Badger: 4.0 mi
- Allen Centennial Garden: 3.6 mi
- UW Madison Botany Garden: 4.1 mi
- Creativity Garden: 4.2 mi
- Welcome Garden: 4.2 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 4.2 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 1.3 mi
- Eagle Heights: 2.1 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 2.3 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 3.7 mi
- Observatory Hill: 3.8 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 2.3 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 2.4 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 4.1 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 4.2 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 4.3 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 1.9 mi
- Indianola Beach: 2.3 mi
- Willow Beach: 3.3 mi
- Circle Bench: 4.4 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 4.6 mi
- Fox Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Maple Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Table Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Pine Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Springs: 1.1 mi
- Merrill Spring: 2.0 mi
- Council Spring: 4.3 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 4.3 mi
- Big Spring: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 6.7 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 8.9 mi
- Williams Knoll: 15.6 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Train Car: 9.1 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 21.8 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 22.1 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mendota Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WSW 254° | 524 m | 20.2 mi |
| Sauk Point | NNW 337° | 449 m | 24.0 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NW 324° | 445 m | 24.9 mi |
| Indian Castle | W 264° | 354 m | 21.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 318° | 346 m | 16.9 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 171° | 338 m | 19.6 mi |
| Pine Knob | W 269° | 327 m | 21.8 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ESE 113° | 326 m | 16.8 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 | 20:42 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer271 obs
- Wild Turkey163 obs
- American Robin152 obs
- Northern Cardinal140 obs
- common milkweed100 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee97 obs
- Sandhill Crane95 obs
- wild bergamot94 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 node/353884524
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