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South Shore Park

South Shore Park from directly overhead

South Shore Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Buena Park Hill stands 290 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area 1, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
178 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.99373, -87.87999

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Cupertino Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sijan Playfield: 0.6 mi
  • Lewis Playfield: 0.6 mi
  • Ellen Park: 0.7 mi
  • Morgan Triangle: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves: 46
Gardens: 38
  • Hide House Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Garden District Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Bumblebee Haven Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Cudahy Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Northwestern Mutual Gardens: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 37
Museums: 36
Beaches: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Mount Bayside: 13.2 mi
  • Buena Park Hill: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buena Park HillSW 232°290 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:04
June solstice05:1319:5220:35
September equinox06:3918:1318:51
December solstice07:2015:3416:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736465768737265534030
Precip in1.81.72.23.93.54.43.43.73.22.82.21.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milwaukee Mitchell AP, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard109 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird92 obs
  • Canada Goose67 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee58 obs
  • Monarch56 obs
  • Reddish-brown Stag Beetle47 obs
  • Black Swallowtail40 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull39 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/27373076

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