Wheeler Heights Park
Wheeler Heights Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 287 m. Sauk Point stands 449 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake View Hill Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 287 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake View Hill Park: 0.3 mi
- Sherman Village Park: 0.3 mi
- Northland Manor Park: 0.4 mi
- Lake View Heights Park: 0.6 mi
- Linden Grove Park: 0.7 mi
- Rooted: Troy Farm: 0.7 mi
- Rooted: Troy Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Emerson Wildflower Garden: 2.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 3.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty replica: 0.8 mi
- Sid Boyum Lantern in Beige: 2.9 mi
- Sid Boyum Red Heion-no-Shiko Lantern: 3.2 mi
- Sid Boyum Grinning Fool: 3.3 mi
- Sid Boyum Hippo Sculpture: 3.5 mi
- Cherokee Marsh- Mendota Unit: 1.5 mi
- Westshire Conservancy/Jackson's Landing: 2.0 mi
- Empire Prairies State Natural Area- Westport Drumlin Unit: 2.9 mi
- Six Mile Creek State Fishery Area: 3.0 mi
- Waunakee Arboretum: 3.2 mi
- Tyler Knipfer: 2.1 mi
- David Frischkorn: 3.1 mi
- Tenney Park Lock And Dam: 3.2 mi
- Joseph Solomon: 3.4 mi
- Brendan Primm: 3.5 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 2.3 mi
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Washburn Observatory: 4.8 mi
- Raymer's Ravine: 4.8 mi
- Black Hawk's Cave: 5.1 mi
- Great Plains Paleontolgy: 4.0 mi
- Madison Children's Museum: 4.5 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 4.6 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 4.7 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 4.8 mi
- Warner Park Beach: 0.9 mi
- Indianola Beach: 2.9 mi
- James Madison Beach: 4.1 mi
- James Madison Beach: 4.1 mi
- James Madison Beach: 4.2 mi
- Bascom Hill: 4.8 mi
- Observatory Hill: 4.8 mi
- Eagle Heights: 5.1 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 5.6 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 5.7 mi
- Maple Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Fox Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Table Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Allen Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Springs: 5.6 mi
- Merrill Spring: 6.1 mi
- Council Spring: 6.6 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 6.7 mi
- Big Spring: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 8.8 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 13.5 mi
- Williams Knoll: 14.0 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Train Car: 13.7 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 20.2 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 20.6 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wheeler Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk Point | NW 324° | 449 m | 24.3 mi |
| Townhall Hill | NNW 342° | 380 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | WNW 303° | 346 m | 19.0 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 184° | 338 m | 21.6 mi |
| Liberty Mound | SE 129° | 326 m | 13.9 mi |
| Owls Head Hill | NNW 327° | 319 m | 20.8 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | WSW 258° | 317 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 219° | 316 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:39 | 16:26 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Dane CO Rgnl AP, 2 mi away.
- Sandhill Crane155 obs
- common milkweed107 obs
- Dutchman's breeches95 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee95 obs
- American Robin90 obs
- Mallard88 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird86 obs
- Monarch85 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/28694151
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