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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Buena Park Hill stands 290 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.59590, -87.82893

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • D-Day Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 1.2 mi
  • Leonard Entryway: 2.0 mi
Attractions
  • Wisconsin Welcome Sign: 4.2 mi
  • Mars Cheese Castle: 6.5 mi
  • Laser Tag: 6.8 mi
  • The Vault: 6.8 mi
  • Ballocity: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 31
Gardens: 21
  • Sturtevant Community Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • Walden III Rain Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Racine Bicentennial Gardens: 9.2 mi
  • Walkabout Creek: 10.8 mi
  • Bowen Formal Garden: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 20
Picnic sites: 18
  • Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 4: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Ma Mère: 1.1 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 1.1 mi
  • Sphere: 1.1 mi
  • Jockey International Globe: 1.2 mi
  • Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument: 9.0 mi
Peaks: 6
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • Indian Spring: 4.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buena Park HillNW 304°290 m24.5 mi
Gander MountainWSW 249°283 m19.8 mi
Mount TomWNW 283°265 m18.8 mi
Mount MoriahWSW 257°257 m22.9 mi
Bald KnobSW 233°235 m24.2 mi
Leahy HillSSW 200°234 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:04
June solstice05:1419:5020:33
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1915:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736455565727164524029
Precip in1.91.82.74.24.14.13.43.73.53.52.42.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kenosha Wwtp, 3 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull53 obs
  • Monarch23 obs
  • Canada Goose22 obs
  • Mallard19 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee19 obs
  • American Herring Gull19 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant15 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/45854695

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