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Merrill Park

Merrill Park from directly overhead

Merrill Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is 34th & Mount Vernon Play Area, a park 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
205 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.03580, -87.95915

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Watertown Plank Road: 0.5 mi
  • Milwaukee Road Boulder: 0.5 mi
  • Hank Aaron's 755th Home Run Plaque: 0.8 mi
  • Power House: 0.9 mi
  • Goethe-Schiller Monument: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 54
  • Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 0.8 mi
  • Lakeshore State Park: 3.2 mi
  • Forestry Education and Awareness Center: 4.0 mi
  • 30th & Fardale Green Space: 4.1 mi
  • Downer Woods: 5.0 mi
Gardens: 40
Museums: 39
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area 3: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 1.8 mi
  • Chestnut Street Commons: 2.3 mi
  • Bridge Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 4
  • Mount Bayside: 10.5 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 21.7 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 21.9 mi
  • Holy Hill: 23.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Silurian Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Parry Spring: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holy HillNW 308°376 m23.5 mi
Lapham HillW 270°368 m21.9 mi
Buena Park HillSW 219°290 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1319:5220:35
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2115:3416:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636475969747265523928
Precip in2.22.12.53.74.35.03.74.33.73.12.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Allis, 3 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee280 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee202 obs
  • American Robin137 obs
  • box elder111 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel103 obs
  • Monarch96 obs
  • common milkweed79 obs
  • Western Honey Bee76 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/320273556

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