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South 88th Playground

South 88th Playground from directly overhead

South 88th Playground is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Deflected Jets, a artwork 0.4 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97983, -88.02552

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Meadowmere: 2.6 mi
  • Hales Corners Veteran's Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Hank Aaron's 755th Home Run Plaque: 4.4 mi
  • New Berlin Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Milwaukee Road Boulder: 4.8 mi
Attractions
Museums: 42
Gardens: 41
  • West Allis Medical Center Healing Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Trial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Monarch Waystation: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 8: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 7: 3.3 mi
Springs: 12
  • Silurian Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Hygeia Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Nemahbin Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Parry Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 6
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Bayside: 15.3 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 16.6 mi
  • Lapham Hill: 18.9 mi
  • Holy Hill: 23.8 mi
  • Mount Tom: 23.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of South 88th Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holy HillNW 320°376 m23.8 mi
Lapham HillW 281°368 m18.9 mi
Buena Park HillSW 219°290 m16.6 mi
Mount TomSSW 200°265 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1419:5220:35
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2115:3516:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636475969747265523928
Precip in2.22.12.53.74.35.03.74.33.73.12.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Allis, 3 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee24 obs
  • House Sparrow23 obs
  • Coyote17 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee17 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Mallard13 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • American Robin11 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/1498661455

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