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Skewes Park

Skewes Park from directly overhead

Skewes Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 229 m. Buena Park Hill stands 290 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Evans Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
229 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.72348, -87.97421
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Abandoned Haunted House Complex: 1.9 mi
  • Apple Holler: 3.5 mi
  • Mars Cheese Castle: 7.6 mi
  • Laser Tag: 10.9 mi
  • The Vault: 10.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Yorkville #4 School: 3.0 mi
  • Tank: 3.7 mi
  • Rachel Rushing Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Lion's Club Veteran's Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Union Grove Little League Baseball: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Chatham Street Neighborhood Wall: 9.7 mi
  • Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument: 9.8 mi
  • Mythos: 9.9 mi
  • Jockey International Globe: 12.1 mi
  • Ma Mère: 12.5 mi
Museums: 45
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Area 1: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 4: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 35
  • Sturtevant Community Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Cremains Scattering Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Wild Flowers Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Walden III Rain Garden: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 14
Ghost towns: 6
Peaks: 6
  • Mount Tom: 11.9 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Gander Mountain: 19.4 mi
  • Mount Moriah: 20.4 mi
  • Leahy Hill: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buena Park HillWNW 290°290 m13.8 mi
Gander MountainSW 215°283 m19.4 mi
Hill FifteenSW 222°276 m24.2 mi
Mount TomWSW 247°265 m11.9 mi
Mount MoriahSW 227°257 m20.4 mi
Leahy HillS 171°234 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1519:5120:34
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2015:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202434455666716961493726
Precip in1.81.52.13.54.14.53.53.83.42.92.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union Grove Wwtp, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brilliant Jumping Spider26 obs
  • Openfield Orbweaver14 obs
  • Virginia Creeper Clearwing6 obs
  • Gray Goggle Eye5 obs
  • Monarch4 obs
  • Milkweed Tussock Moth4 obs
  • Ring-necked Pheasant3 obs
  • common milkweed3 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/507905610

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