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Mitchell Park

Mitchell Park from directly overhead

Mitchell Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Dome, a garden 0.1 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Milwaukee County Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.02774, -87.94420

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Clarke Square Park: 0.5 mi
  • Three Bridges Park: 0.6 mi
  • 18th & Washington Play Area: 0.7 mi
  • 34th & Mount Vernon Play Area: 0.8 mi
  • Children's Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves: 52
  • Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 0.3 mi
  • Lakeshore State Park: 2.5 mi
  • 30th & Fardale Green Space: 3.6 mi
  • Downer Woods: 4.8 mi
  • Forestry Education and Awareness Center: 4.9 mi
Gardens: 40
  • Desert Dome: 0.1 mi
  • Tropical Dome: 0.1 mi
  • Show Dome: 0.1 mi
  • Bumblebee Haven Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Potawatomi Serenity Garden: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 4
  • Mount Bayside: 10.9 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 21.8 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 22.6 mi
  • Holy Hill: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holy HillNW 308°376 m24.4 mi
Lapham HillW 271°368 m22.6 mi
Buena Park HillSW 222°290 m21.8 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 Bee275 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee188 obs
  • American Robin109 obs
  • box elder105 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel81 obs
  • Western Honey Bee78 obs
  • House Sparrow77 obs
  • Canada Goose74 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/27372933

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