Pierce Park
Pierce Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Weber Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Weber Park: 0.5 mi
- Campbell Park: 0.6 mi
- Deppe Park: 0.6 mi
- Baraboo Kiwanis Riverwalk Park: 0.8 mi
- Nanny Park: 1.1 mi
- Chief Naaga Kermani Park and Conservancy: 1.8 mi
- Pewits Nest State Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- East Bluff State Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Devil's Lake Oak Forest State Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- McGilvra Woods State Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- New Life Lavender Farm: 2.1 mi
- Elephant Rock: 2.3 mi
- Balanced Rock: 3.0 mi
- Devil's Doorway: 3.1 mi
- Fly High Helicopter Tours: 4.7 mi
- Ring of Honor: 0.9 mi
- Ringling Brothers Circus: 1.3 mi
- Claude House: 1.9 mi
- Ringling Bungalow Foundation: 3.3 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 3.5 mi
- West Bluff: 2.2 mi
- West Bluff: 2.4 mi
- West Bluff: 2.4 mi
- East Bluff: 2.7 mi
- South Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Sauk Hill: 3.8 mi
- Southeast Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Sauk Point: 4.7 mi
- Devils Chair: 7.0 mi
- Happy Hill: 7.3 mi
- Irvin Feld Exhibit Hall and Visitor Center: 0.9 mi
- Sauk County Historical Museum: 1.1 mi
- Sauk County Historical Society History Center: 1.2 mi
- Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Steam and Gas Exhibits: 5.6 mi
- North Shore Beach: 2.0 mi
- South Shore Beach: 3.2 mi
- Okee Beach: 10.8 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 12.7 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 15.2 mi
- CCC Worker: 3.5 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 5.8 mi
- Time Keeper: 6.3 mi
- Forevertron: 6.5 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 11.7 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 13.3 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 13.6 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 22.8 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 23.7 mi
- Knot Garden: 2.1 mi
- Secret Garden: 2.2 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 2.9 mi
- Rock Springs: 8.9 mi
- Moe Settlement: 10.2 mi
- Dell Prairie: 14.7 mi
- Skillet Falls: 1.7 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pierce Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | SW 234° | 451 m | 7.3 mi |
| Sauk Point | ESE 114° | 449 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sauk Hill | SSW 191° | 445 m | 3.8 mi |
| Maple Hill | WSW 244° | 424 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | ENE 77° | 388 m | 11.6 mi |
| Potato Hill | NW 312° | 384 m | 22.7 mi |
| Townhall Hill | E 81° | 380 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 324° | 377 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:39 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baraboo Wwtp, under a mile away.
- Spongy Moth20 obs
- Canada Goose18 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle16 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
- American cancer-root13 obs
- bloodroot12 obs
- common buckthorn12 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/64620137
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