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Paunack Park

Paunack Park from directly overhead

Paunack Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 258 m. Sugarloaf Hill stands 346 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Graham Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
258 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.05123, -89.33915
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Graham Park: 0.1 mi
  • Indian Mounds Park: 0.2 mi
  • Grand Crossing Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bridge Road Park: 0.3 mi
  • Frost Woods Beach Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks
  • Monona M: 0.3 mi
  • Wizard: 0.8 mi
  • Monona Sails: 0.8 mi
  • Robert the Gorilla: 1.7 mi
  • Changing Graffiti: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Quann Community Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Rimrock/Green Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Prairie Dropseed Meadow: 2.8 mi
  • Badger Fountain of Life Community Garden: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 60
Museums: 30
Beaches: 23
  • Frost Woods Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Esther Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Schluter Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Olin Beach: 1.9 mi
  • B.B. Clarke Beach: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 16
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Council Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Springs: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 4.8 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 8.0 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 11.7 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 11.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf HillNW 313°346 m24.4 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSW 193°338 m15.7 mi
Liberty MoundESE 105°326 m9.3 mi
Frederick's HillNW 305°317 m8.9 mi
Mount PleasantSW 235°316 m18.8 mi
Mount JuliaSW 233°313 m17.5 mi
Badger Mill HillWSW 244°310 m10.9 mi
Eagle HeightsWNW 295°308 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:41
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2615:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727062503725
Precip in1.71.72.34.24.65.74.74.13.93.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose186 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee158 obs
  • Mallard148 obs
  • Sandhill Crane143 obs
  • common milkweed136 obs
  • Northern Shoveler132 obs
  • white snakeroot117 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird112 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/28773490

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