Washington Park
Washington Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Holy Hill stands 376 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Goethe-Schiller Monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1891
What to expect
- Operated by
- Milwaukee County Parks
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Goethe-Schiller Monument: 0.2 mi
- Steuben Monument: 0.3 mi
- Watertown Plank Road: 0.8 mi
- Hank Aaron's 755th Home Run Plaque: 1.6 mi
- Milwaukee Road Boulder: 1.7 mi
- Harley Park: 0.5 mi
- Davidson Park: 0.6 mi
- 49th & Juneau Play Area: 0.7 mi
- Butterfly Park: 0.7 mi
- 30th & Galena Play Area: 0.8 mi
- Lady on the wall: 0.6 mi
- Uptown Triangles: 0.7 mi
- Miller Valley Veterans Monument: 0.7 mi
- Children of the West End: 1.0 mi
- Kneeling Camels: 1.2 mi
- Miller Brewery Tour: 0.7 mi
- Miller Visitor Center: 0.7 mi
- Walk of Fame: 1.7 mi
- Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory: 2.1 mi
- Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame: 2.6 mi
- Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 1.8 mi
- Forestry Education and Awareness Center: 3.5 mi
- Lakeshore State Park: 3.8 mi
- Downer Woods: 4.7 mi
- Sidney Woodlands Preserve: 5.0 mi
- The Little Nature Museum: 1.1 mi
- Wisconsin Black Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion: 1.7 mi
- Kneeland-Walker House & Preservation Center: 2.0 mi
- Little Red Store: 2.2 mi
- Bethune Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Potawatomi Serenity Garden: 0.6 mi
- Miller Brewing Rain Garden and Bioretention Swale: 0.7 mi
- Hawley Environmental School Praire Garden: 1.3 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.6 mi
- Chestnut Street Commons: 1.8 mi
- Bridge Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.9 mi
- McKinley Beach: 4.3 mi
- Bradford Beach: 4.8 mi
- Private Beach: 10.9 mi
- Grant Park Beach: 11.6 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 4.9 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 4.9 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light: 23.6 mi
- Port Washington Light Station: 23.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 23.9 mi
- Root Creek: 5.9 mi
- Brookfield Center: 9.1 mi
- Denoon: 17.5 mi
- Raymond Center: 17.6 mi
- Muskego Settlement: 23.6 mi
- Mount Bayside: 9.5 mi
- Lapham Hill: 21.6 mi
- Buena Park Hill: 22.4 mi
- Holy Hill: 22.5 mi
- Silurian Spring: 13.3 mi
- Hygeia Spring: 17.0 mi
- Nemahbin Spring: 22.2 mi
- Parry Spring: 24.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Hill | NW 306° | 376 m | 22.5 mi |
| Lapham Hill | W 266° | 368 m | 21.6 mi |
| Buena Park Hill | SW 217° | 290 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Allis, 3 mi away.
- box elder71 obs
- American Robin62 obs
- white snakeroot61 obs
- bloodroot49 obs
- Mallard45 obs
- common milkweed45 obs
- Eastern Cottontail43 obs
- common motherwort43 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.
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