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Merrill Crest Park

Merrill Crest Park from directly overhead

Merrill Crest Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Glacier Cone Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.00714, -88.27375

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Glacier Cone Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lowell Park: 0.8 mi
  • Woodfield Park: 0.9 mi
  • William R. Oliver Youth Sports Complex: 0.9 mi
  • Waukesha Dog Run: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • iCOMBAT Waukesha: 1.7 mi
  • Battle House: 4.5 mi
  • Caribou & Sandhill Crane: 11.7 mi
  • Small Mammals Building: 11.7 mi
  • Elk: 11.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • play: 7.6 mi
  • inspire: 7.6 mi
  • dream: 7.6 mi
  • Beasties™ Safari: 7.7 mi
  • connect: 7.7 mi
Museums: 42
Gardens: 38
Picnic sites: 32
  • DJ Mackie Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
  • Tembo Trail: 11.8 mi
  • Savanna Walk: 11.8 mi
  • Little Oak Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Springs: 12
  • Silurian Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Parry Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Hidden Spring: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Palmyra Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Family Camp Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 19.2 mi
  • McKinley Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Bradford Beach: 20.6 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Lapham Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Holy Hill: 16.6 mi
  • Bald Bluff: 20.2 mi
  • Powder Hill: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillN 355°405 m21.2 mi
Holy HillN 351°376 m16.6 mi
Lapham HillWNW 286°368 m6.2 mi
Bald BluffWSW 236°317 m20.2 mi
Buena Park HillS 172°290 m15.0 mi
Mount TomS 170°265 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1519:5320:37
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2215:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334455767716962503726
Precip in1.61.71.93.64.04.94.04.23.32.92.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukesha Wwtp, 1 mi away.

  • American Robin25 obs
  • Wild Turkey24 obs
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • Northern Cardinal20 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel20 obs
  • American Goldfinch18 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage16 obs
  • common buckthorn16 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/513737045

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