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Turtle Creek Park

Turtle Creek Park from directly overhead

Turtle Creek Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. High Point stands 362 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mechanics Green, a park 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49736, -89.02332

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mechanics Green: 0.2 mi
  • Horace White Park: 0.3 mi
  • Strong Memorial Stadium: 0.4 mi
  • Stateline Restoration Prairie: 0.4 mi
  • Hancock Field: 0.5 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 21
  • Home of Governor Harvey: 6.7 mi
  • Shopiere Clock: 6.7 mi
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 6.7 mi
  • Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 8.2 mi
  • First State Fair: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 17
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 13
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Olson Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Lions Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Standfield Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Assembly Park Beach: 22.8 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Lookout Point: 14.9 mi
  • Mount Zion: 15.5 mi
  • Turtle Mound: 15.8 mi
  • High Point: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • East Waterfall - O Taki: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Sandstone Wall: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointE 94°362 m23.8 mi
Mount ZionNNE 19°316 m15.5 mi
Turtle MoundSSW 193°218 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2019:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2315:4116:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233455666706861493524
Precip in1.61.52.13.74.35.63.44.13.82.82.42.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beloit, under a mile away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee49 obs
  • Canada Goose39 obs
  • Monarch39 obs
  • Mallard36 obs
  • Virginia bluebells32 obs
  • dame's rocket29 obs
  • common milkweed28 obs
  • ground-ivy28 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/424216353

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