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Waveland Park

Waveland Park from directly overhead

Waveland Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Belt, a park 0.5 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.68265, -89.05912

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 47
Historic sites: 27
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • First State Fair: 2.1 mi
  • New Life Cross: 4.8 mi
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 6.4 mi
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
Museums: 20
Attractions: 12
  • Five Points: 1.4 mi
  • Bessie the Cow: 4.3 mi
  • Beckman Mill: 13.2 mi
  • Skydive the Rock: 13.6 mi
  • Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Lions Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Troll Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 19.5 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 21.3 mi
Artworks: 7
Gardens: 6
Rest areas: 4
Peaks: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Williams Knoll: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillWNW 300°338 m20.5 mi
Liberty MoundNNW 347°326 m23.6 mi
Lone Tree BluffENE 69°320 m21.0 mi
Mount ZionENE 75°316 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:09
June solstice05:1919:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202435475969737163513726
Precip in1.61.62.13.64.15.04.24.33.73.02.31.9

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

  • ground-ivy11 obs
  • American White Pelican7 obs
  • Canada Goose6 obs
  • mayapple6 obs
  • Mallard5 obs
  • American Robin5 obs
  • Spongy Moth5 obs
  • American pokeweed5 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/24963015

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