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Metcalfe Park

Metcalfe Park from directly overhead

Metcalfe Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
212 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.06124, -87.95608

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Butterfly Park: 0.2 mi
  • 31st & Lloyd Play Area: 0.3 mi
  • 29th & Meinecke Play Area: 0.3 mi
  • 26th & Medford Play Area: 0.6 mi
  • 30th & Galena Play Area: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 57
  • Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 2.1 mi
  • Lakeshore State Park: 3.6 mi
  • Downer Woods: 4.0 mi
  • Forestry Education and Awareness Center: 4.1 mi
  • Sidney Woodlands Preserve: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 35
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area 2: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.3 mi
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Bayside: 8.8 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 22.1 mi
  • Holy Hill: 22.6 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 23.2 mi
  • Powder Hill: 24.9 mi
Springs: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powder HillNW 314°405 m24.9 mi
Holy HillNW 304°376 m22.6 mi
Lapham HillW 265°368 m22.1 mi
Buena Park HillSW 217°290 m23.2 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 solstice07:2115:3416:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222535465868737164513928
Precip in1.51.51.83.73.74.83.63.73.02.72.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mary College, 4 mi away.

  • box elder35 obs
  • American Robin33 obs
  • white snakeroot31 obs
  • garlic mustard29 obs
  • common motherwort29 obs
  • Mallard26 obs
  • common milkweed26 obs
  • ground-ivy26 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/388176220

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