Olin Park
Olin Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Olin Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Madison
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Monona Bay Open Spaces: 0.3 mi
- Monona Bay Open Spaces: 0.4 mi
- Goodman Park: 0.4 mi
- Monona Bay Open Spaces: 0.4 mi
- Quann Park: 0.5 mi
- Turville Point Conservation Park: 0.5 mi
- Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wildlife Observation Area: 2.1 mi
- Edgewood Forest: 2.1 mi
- Jenni & Kyle Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Lakeshore Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Quann Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Community Garden at Heifetz Park: 1.2 mi
- Badger Fountain of Life Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Reynolds Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Welcome Garden: 1.7 mi
- Quann Park Railroad Bridges: 0.8 mi
- Tom Heninger: 0.8 mi
- Otis Redding Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Greenbush: 1.2 mi
- Longfellow School: 1.3 mi
- Timekeeper: 1.0 mi
- Updraft: 1.1 mi
- Gourd Men: 1.1 mi
- Triangle Play III: 1.1 mi
- Pearl Infinity: 1.2 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 1.3 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.4 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 1.4 mi
- Madison Children's Museum: 1.5 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- Olin Beach: 0.2 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 0.5 mi
- Brittingham Beach: 0.8 mi
- Esther Beach: 1.2 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 1.6 mi
- Bascom Hill: 1.8 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.0 mi
- Eagle Heights: 3.9 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 3.9 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 7.1 mi
- Big Spring: 2.5 mi
- Council Spring: 2.6 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.6 mi
- Merrill Spring: 4.7 mi
- Springs: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.3 mi
- Williams Knoll: 9.7 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 9.9 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Maple Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Fox Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Table Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Pine Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 7.6 mi
- Train Car: 10.1 mi
- Fellows: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Olin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 266° | 524 m | 24.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 316° | 346 m | 22.7 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 186° | 338 m | 15.7 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ESE 104° | 326 m | 11.3 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NW 312° | 317 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 231° | 316 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 228° | 313 m | 16.2 mi |
| Badger Mill Hill | WSW 237° | 310 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 3 mi away.
- Mallard530 obs
- House Sparrow335 obs
- Eastern Cottontail292 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel200 obs
- Sandhill Crane190 obs
- Canada Goose165 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee165 obs
- white snakeroot157 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/390547257
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