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Palmer Park

Palmer Park from directly overhead

Palmer Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 241 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackhawk Meadows Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
241 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.67871, -88.99160

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 26
  • First State Fair: 1.4 mi
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • New Life Cross: 2.5 mi
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 6.1 mi
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Five Points: 2.0 mi
  • Bessie the Cow: 3.1 mi
  • Skydive the Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 14.5 mi
  • Beckman Mill: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 8
  • Lions Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Troll Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Assembly Park Beach: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 7
  • NIS Train: 7.4 mi
  • The Wall: 12.0 mi
  • Sundial: 16.7 mi
  • Giraffe Statue: 17.7 mi
  • Romeo the Elephant: 17.8 mi
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Williams Knoll: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillWNW 296°338 m23.6 mi
Liberty MoundNNW 340°326 m24.8 mi
Lone Tree BluffENE 64°320 m18.0 mi
Bald BluffENE 60°317 m22.7 mi
Mount ZionENE 59°316 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1919:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202435475969737163513726
Precip in1.61.62.13.64.15.04.24.33.73.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, 5 mi away.

  • Monarch25 obs
  • Canada Goose22 obs
  • Mallard19 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs
  • American White Pelican16 obs
  • common hackberry16 obs
  • Red Admiral15 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/22788527

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