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Schmidt Park

Schmidt Park from directly overhead

Schmidt Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Lapham Hill stands 368 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kurth Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
244 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.92285, -88.08460

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Hales Corners Veteran's Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • New Berlin Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Meadowmere: 7.4 mi
  • Wind Lake Veterans Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Saint Fiacre: 2.8 mi
  • Pelican: 2.8 mi
  • Cat: 2.8 mi
  • Cat: 2.8 mi
  • Passage "Fall": 2.9 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 41
  • Trial Garden: 3.0 mi
  • West Allis Medical Center Healing Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Garden District Community Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 9.5 mi
Museums: 39
  • New Berlin Historical Society: 4.1 mi
  • Greenfield Historical Society: 5.6 mi
  • Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Milwaukee Fire Education Center and Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Heg Memorial Museum: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area 8: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 7: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 7.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • Hygeia Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Silurian Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Parry Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Scuppernong Springs: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Beaches: 7
Peaks: 4
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lapham HillWNW 296°368 m17.3 mi
Buena Park HillSW 219°290 m11.6 mi
Mount TomSSW 196°265 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2719:05
June solstice05:1419:5220:35
September equinox06:4018:1418:52
December solstice07:2115:3516:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212434455767727063513827
Precip in1.81.92.14.14.35.63.73.83.83.02.32.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hales Corners/whitnall Park/bo, 3 mi away.

  • Spurred Ridgeback31 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse27 obs
  • Bluegill16 obs
  • Rathke's Woodlouse14 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird11 obs
  • American Toad11 obs
  • Largemouth Bass9 obs
  • White-tailed Deer8 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/1076884068

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