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Pennoyer Park

Pennoyer Park from directly overhead

Pennoyer Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Buena Park Hill stands 290 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Pennoyer Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Size : 39 acres Dedicated : 1934

What the record says

Elevation
175 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Kenosha

How to reach it

Coordinates42.60224, -87.81804

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • D-Day Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 1.1 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Leonard Entryway: 1.6 mi
Attractions
  • Wisconsin Welcome Sign: 4.7 mi
  • Mars Cheese Castle: 7.0 mi
  • Laser Tag: 7.5 mi
  • The Vault: 7.5 mi
  • Ballocity: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 31
Beaches: 20
Gardens: 20
  • Sturtevant Community Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Walden III Rain Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Racine Bicentennial Gardens: 8.7 mi
  • Walkabout Creek: 10.2 mi
  • Bowen Formal Garden: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 4: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Ma Mère: 1.1 mi
  • Sphere: 1.1 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 1.4 mi
  • Jockey International Globe: 1.8 mi
  • Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Leahy Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Mount Tom: 19.2 mi
  • Gander Mountain: 20.5 mi
  • Mount Moriah: 23.5 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • Indian Spring: 4.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buena Park HillWNW 302°290 m24.7 mi
Gander MountainWSW 249°283 m20.5 mi
Mount TomW 281°265 m19.2 mi
Mount MoriahWSW 256°257 m23.5 mi
Bald KnobSW 233°235 m24.9 mi
Leahy HillSSW 201°234 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:04
June solstice05:1419:5020:33
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1915:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736455565727164524029
Precip in1.91.82.74.24.14.13.43.73.53.52.42.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kenosha Wwtp, 3 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull53 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel24 obs
  • Monarch24 obs
  • Canada Goose21 obs
  • Mallard20 obs
  • Brilliant Jumping Spider19 obs
  • American Herring Gull18 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 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/246033157

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