Portland Park
Portland Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 269 m. Sugarloaf Hill stands 346 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastmorland Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 269 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Madison
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastmorland Park: 0.4 mi
- Hiestand Park: 0.4 mi
- McGinnis Park: 0.5 mi
- Kingston Onyx Park: 0.5 mi
- Honeysuckle Park: 0.7 mi
- Heritage Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- Heritage Prairie Conservation Park: 1.5 mi
- Edna Taylor Conservation Park: 3.0 mi
- Turville Point Conservation Park: 4.4 mi
- Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wildlife Observation Area: 4.8 mi
- Changing Graffiti: 1.2 mi
- Act: 1.3 mi
- Sid Boyum Multi-Layered Pyramid: 1.3 mi
- Sid Boyum Crowning Woman: 1.4 mi
- Sid Boyum Dignified Figure: 1.5 mi
- Birch Walk: 1.2 mi
- Perennial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Event Garden: 1.2 mi
- Joseph Solomon: 1.6 mi
- David Frischkorn: 1.8 mi
- Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage: 2.3 mi
- Brendan Primm: 2.4 mi
- William Cummings: 2.6 mi
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 3.0 mi
- Washburn Observatory: 5.1 mi
- Seals: 5.6 mi
- Grizzly Bears: 5.6 mi
- Great Plains Paleontolgy: 2.7 mi
- Madison Children's Museum: 3.9 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 4.1 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 4.2 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 4.7 mi
- Olbrich Beach: 1.2 mi
- Schluter Beach: 2.1 mi
- Frost Woods Beach: 3.2 mi
- B.B. Clarke Beach: 3.2 mi
- James Madison Beach: 3.7 mi
- Bascom Hill: 4.9 mi
- Observatory Hill: 5.1 mi
- Eagle Heights: 6.7 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 7.1 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 8.9 mi
- Council Spring: 6.8 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 6.8 mi
- Big Spring: 6.8 mi
- Merrill Spring: 7.9 mi
- Springs: 8.8 mi
- Maple Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Fox Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Table Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Allen Bluff: 23.4 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 7.8 mi
- Williams Knoll: 9.7 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 14.3 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Train Car: 14.5 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 24.1 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 24.5 mi
- Johnson Creek Rest Area 14: 24.7 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 12.1 mi
- Fellows: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Portland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 305° | 346 m | 23.4 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SSW 195° | 338 m | 19.2 mi |
| Liberty Mound | SE 127° | 326 m | 9.4 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | WNW 282° | 317 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 230° | 316 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 228° | 313 m | 20.7 mi |
| Badger Mill Hill | SW 234° | 310 m | 13.7 mi |
| Eagle Heights | W 263° | 308 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Dane CO Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee993 obs
- Monarch581 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee539 obs
- Western Honey Bee509 obs
- Red Admiral375 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee344 obs
- Small White305 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper302 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/28771368
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