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Sunset Park

Sunset Park from directly overhead

Sunset Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 303 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Reservoir Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.06299, -89.44536

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Richard Askey: 0.5 mi
  • William Gardner Harley: 0.5 mi
  • George Hambrecht: 0.5 mi
  • Margaret Kuenne Harlow: 0.5 mi
  • Harry Harlow: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Rain garden: 1.2 mi
  • Oak: 1.5 mi
  • Pine: 1.5 mi
  • Juniper: 1.5 mi
  • Maple: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Black Hawk's Cave: 1.7 mi
  • Rhino: 1.7 mi
  • Giraffe: 1.7 mi
  • Lion: 1.7 mi
  • Goat Feeding: 1.7 mi
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 23
Springs: 8
  • Council Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Springs: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 3.2 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 7.2 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 12.8 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 5.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 7.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 263°524 m20.7 mi
Indian CastleW 273°354 m23.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 322°346 m20.1 mi
Liberty Pole HillS 174°338 m16.2 mi
Pine KnobW 277°327 m23.2 mi
Liberty MoundESE 103°326 m14.6 mi
Owls Head HillNNW 341°319 m24.2 mi
Frederick's HillNNW 335°317 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:41
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2715:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727062503725
Precip in1.71.72.34.24.65.74.74.13.93.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 2 mi away.

  • Wild Turkey687 obs
  • Sandhill Crane570 obs
  • Virginia bluebells477 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee416 obs
  • prairie trillium405 obs
  • American Robin375 obs
  • bloodroot360 obs
  • Mallard348 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/28788965

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