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Soldiers Memorial Park

Soldiers Memorial Park from directly overhead

Soldiers Memorial Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 304 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pendarvis, a ghost town 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
304 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.86431, -90.17126

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Merry Christmas mine hill: 0.2 mi
  • Skidmore-Whitford Park: 0.3 mi
  • Library Park: 0.5 mi
  • Water Tower Park: 0.8 mi
  • Iowa County Fair Grounds: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 26
  • Shake Rag: 0.3 mi
  • Shake Rag: 0.3 mi
  • Site of Fort Jackson: 0.5 mi
  • Wisconsin Territory: 0.5 mi
  • Historic Mineral Point: 0.8 mi
Peaks: 23
Attractions: 18
Museums: 9
Beaches: 3
  • Cox Hollow Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Twin Valley Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 12.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring House: 11.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Cleary Spring: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsNE 55°524 m19.7 mi
Platte MoundsWSW 240°435 m13.8 mi
Belmont MoundSW 234°427 m11.2 mi
Little MoundWSW 238°389 m13.1 mi
White HillS 187°381 m22.5 mi
Bunker HillNNE 23°371 m11.1 mi
Dunbar HillN 354°366 m16.1 mi
Indian CastleNE 43°354 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2320:0020:44
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2915:4416:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133455767716961493523
Precip in1.51.52.33.94.65.74.74.43.73.12.51.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dodgeville Wwtp, 7 mi away.

  • dame's rocket6 obs
  • prickly cucumber6 obs
  • pale jewelweed5 obs
  • eastern redcedar5 obs
  • smooth sumac5 obs
  • Eastern Cottonwood4 obs
  • giant ragweed4 obs
  • tall bellflower4 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/353890087

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