Mineral Point Park
Mineral Point Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 312 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Nautilus Point Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 312 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Nautilus Point Park: 0.4 mi
- Everglade Park: 0.6 mi
- Walnut Grove Park: 0.8 mi
- Bordner Park: 0.9 mi
- Harrison L. Garner Park: 1.0 mi
- Owen Conservation Park: 0.5 mi
- Tiedeman Pond Conservancy: 1.8 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 3.4 mi
- Dunn's Marsh Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area: 3.4 mi
- Taylor M. Dunn: 1.0 mi
- Middleton Community Veterans' Tribute: 2.3 mi
- Bamforth Bluff Restoration: 2.7 mi
- Richard Askey: 3.0 mi
- William Gardner Harley: 3.0 mi
- Rain garden: 2.4 mi
- Crabapple: 3.6 mi
- Magnolia & Lilac: 3.6 mi
- Oak: 3.6 mi
- Birch: 3.6 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 2.5 mi
- Hoyt Park Pyramid: 2.8 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 2.9 mi
- Community: 3.1 mi
- Visible Bucky: 3.4 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 2.2 mi
- National Mustard Museum: 2.3 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 4.5 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 4.6 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 4.9 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 1.8 mi
- Circle Bench: 3.9 mi
- Willow Beach: 4.0 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 4.3 mi
- Brittingham Beach: 5.2 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 2.5 mi
- Eagle Heights: 3.0 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 3.7 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 4.2 mi
- Observatory Hill: 4.5 mi
- Merrill Spring: 1.8 mi
- Council Spring: 3.3 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 3.3 mi
- Big Spring: 3.6 mi
- Springs: 3.9 mi
- Fox Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Maple Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Table Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 4.8 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 5.5 mi
- Williams Knoll: 15.1 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Train Car: 5.7 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 24.9 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 4.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mineral Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 262° | 524 m | 18.2 mi |
| Indian Castle | W 273° | 354 m | 20.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NNW 328° | 346 m | 18.6 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SSE 165° | 338 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pine Knob | W 277° | 327 m | 20.6 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ESE 101° | 326 m | 17.1 mi |
| Owls Head Hill | NNW 347° | 319 m | 23.3 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | N 7° | 317 m | 4.2 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 | 16:27 |
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, under a mile away.
- Wild Turkey205 obs
- brown-eyed Susan140 obs
- wild geranium138 obs
- Virginia bluebells138 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee137 obs
- bloodroot135 obs
- Porcelain Berry134 obs
- Virginia waterleaf125 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 way/258149188
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