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Parkside Heights Park

Parkside Heights Park from directly overhead

Parkside Heights Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 277 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Middleton Hills South Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
277 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.10969, -89.50611

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions: 42
Peaks: 29
Beaches: 26
Cliffs: 17
Springs: 9
  • Springs: 1.4 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Council Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Spring House: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 7.5 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 8.0 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 17.1 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Train Car: 8.2 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 21.8 mi
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 8.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsWSW 252°524 m18.4 mi
Sauk PointNNW 341°449 m23.3 mi
Sauk HillNNW 328°445 m23.9 mi
Indian CastleW 264°354 m20.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 324°346 m15.7 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSE 166°338 m20.0 mi
Hogback HillNW 316°329 m25.0 mi
Pine KnobW 269°327 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:42
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465868727062503624
Precip in1.51.62.44.14.65.54.74.13.62.92.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 4 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer264 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird174 obs
  • American Robin159 obs
  • Sandhill Crane159 obs
  • Wild Turkey156 obs
  • Northern Cardinal146 obs
  • common milkweed118 obs
  • Mallard115 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/28789177

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