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Prairie Park

Prairie Park from directly overhead

Prairie Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
263 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.69529, -89.01817

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 48
Historic sites: 27
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • First State Fair: 0.8 mi
  • New Life Cross: 2.6 mi
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 7.0 mi
Museums: 20
Attractions: 11
  • Five Points: 1.3 mi
  • Bessie the Cow: 2.3 mi
  • Skydive the Rock: 13.8 mi
  • Beckman Mill: 14.9 mi
  • Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Lions Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Troll Beach: 17.9 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 7
Artworks: 7
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Williams Knoll: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillWNW 295°338 m21.9 mi
Liberty MoundNNW 342°326 m23.3 mi
Lone Tree BluffENE 69°320 m18.8 mi
Bald BluffENE 64°317 m23.3 mi
Mount ZionE 79°316 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1919:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202435475969737163513726
Precip in1.61.62.13.64.15.04.24.33.73.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, 5 mi away.

  • American Herring Gull24 obs
  • Canada Goose23 obs
  • American White Pelican19 obs
  • Mallard19 obs
  • Monarch19 obs
  • American pokeweed16 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • Red Admiral13 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 node/354528806

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