Western Hills Park
Western Hills Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 316 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is New Fountains Commons, a park 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 316 m
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- New Fountains Commons: 0.2 mi
- New Fountains Commons: 0.3 mi
- King James Way Park: 0.4 mi
- Meadowood Park: 0.4 mi
- Huegel Park: 0.6 mi
- Community: 0.8 mi
- Allied Community Obelisk: 0.9 mi
- Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 1.8 mi
- Hoyt Park Pyramid: 3.5 mi
- St Andrew's Mary Statue: 3.6 mi
- Dunn's Marsh Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Dawley Conservancy Park: 1.1 mi
- Quarry Ridge Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- University of Wisconsin Arboretum - Grady Tract: 1.7 mi
- Harlan Hills Prairie: 1.7 mi
- Rain garden: 1.7 mi
- Magnolia & Lilac: 2.4 mi
- Crabapple: 2.5 mi
- Honeylocust: 2.5 mi
- Birch: 2.5 mi
- Old Spring Hotel: 2.5 mi
- Kenneth Jensen Wheeler Council Ring: 2.9 mi
- Taylor M. Dunn: 3.1 mi
- Richard Askey: 3.2 mi
- William Gardner Harley: 3.2 mi
- Conservation Carousel: 3.9 mi
- Goat Feeding: 3.9 mi
- Camel: 3.9 mi
- Chilean Flamingo: 3.9 mi
- Giraffe: 4.0 mi
- University of Wisconsin Space Place: 4.1 mi
- UW Geology Museum: 4.6 mi
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum: 4.8 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 5.0 mi
- Middleton Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
- Circle Bench: 3.6 mi
- Vilas Park Beach: 3.9 mi
- Spring Harbor Beach: 3.9 mi
- Fireman's Beach: 4.6 mi
- Willow Beach: 4.6 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 3.9 mi
- Badger Mill Hill: 4.2 mi
- Eagle Heights: 4.4 mi
- Observatory Hill: 4.8 mi
- Bascom Hill: 4.9 mi
- Big Spring: 2.8 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 2.9 mi
- Council Spring: 2.9 mi
- Merrill Spring: 3.8 mi
- Springs: 6.6 mi
- Fox Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Maple Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Table Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 2.7 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 4.7 mi
- Williams Knoll: 13.2 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 2.7 mi
- Train Car: 4.9 mi
- Fellows: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Western Hills Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | W 271° | 524 m | 19.1 mi |
| Indian Castle | W 280° | 354 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NNW 329° | 346 m | 21.4 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | SSE 166° | 338 m | 14.0 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 284° | 327 m | 22.2 mi |
| Liberty Mound | E 93° | 326 m | 15.8 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | N 356° | 317 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 224° | 316 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:40 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charmany Farm, 2 mi away.
- Black-capped Chickadee261 obs
- Red Fox142 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee124 obs
- Coyote110 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco107 obs
- common milkweed105 obs
- Northern Cardinal90 obs
- Sundial Lupine90 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44749836
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