Penn Park
Penn Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 271 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is University of Wisconsin Space Place, a museum 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Quann Park Railroad Bridges: 0.2 mi
- Greenbush: 1.5 mi
- Longfellow School: 1.7 mi
- Tom Heninger: 1.7 mi
- The Greenbush 1891-1960: 1.8 mi
- Newville (Kenneth) Park: 0.3 mi
- Fisher Street Playground: 0.3 mi
- Heifetz Park: 0.3 mi
- Lyckberg Park: 0.4 mi
- Cypress Spray Park: 0.4 mi
- Quann Community Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Badger Fountain of Life Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Community Garden at Heifetz Park: 0.4 mi
- Rimrock/Green Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
- Seasonal Inspirations: 1.2 mi
- Turtle: 1.5 mi
- Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain: 1.5 mi
- Updraft: 1.6 mi
- Spirit of Greenbush: 1.8 mi
- Turville Point Conservation Park: 1.2 mi
- Jenni & Kyle Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Edgewood Forest: 1.8 mi
- Black Walnut Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wildlife Observation Area: 2.1 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 0.2 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 2.1 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 2.2 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.2 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 2.3 mi
- Bernie's Beach: 1.0 mi
- Olin Beach: 1.1 mi
- Brittingham Beach: 1.4 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 1.5 mi
- Esther Beach: 1.7 mi
- Bascom Hill: 2.4 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.5 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 3.9 mi
- Eagle Heights: 4.0 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 7.4 mi
- Big Spring: 1.9 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.2 mi
- Council Spring: 2.2 mi
- Merrill Spring: 4.7 mi
- Springs: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 2.3 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 9.0 mi
- Williams Knoll: 9.7 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Maple Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Fox Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Table Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 6.6 mi
- Train Car: 9.3 mi
- Fellows: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Penn Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 268° | 524 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 319° | 346 m | 23.0 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 184° | 338 m | 14.7 mi |
| Liberty Mound | E 99° | 326 m | 11.7 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | NW 320° | 317 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 232° | 316 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 229° | 313 m | 15.1 mi |
| Badger Mill Hill | WSW 240° | 310 m | 8.3 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 | 06:46 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Sandhill Crane258 obs
- Mallard234 obs
- Wild Turkey229 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort222 obs
- Virginia bluebells168 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage167 obs
- Canada Goose166 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird151 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/106436785
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