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Winnequah Park

Winnequah Park from directly overhead

Winnequah Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 261 m. Sugarloaf Hill stands 346 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wizard, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
261 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.06403, -89.34202
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Royal Airport / Charles Lindbergh: 1.4 mi
  • Madison Gas & Electric Powerhouse: 1.9 mi
  • Otis Redding Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage: 2.1 mi
  • Brendan Primm: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Rock Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Prairie Dropseed Meadow: 1.9 mi
  • Meadow Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Atrium Shade Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 60
Museums: 29
Beaches: 23
  • Frost Woods Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Schluter Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Esther Beach: 1.4 mi
  • B.B. Clarke Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Olbrich Beach: 1.7 mi
Peaks: 17
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Council Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Springs: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 5.1 mi
  • Williams Knoll: 8.7 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 11.9 mi
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf HillNW 312°346 m23.7 mi
Liberty Pole HillSSW 192°338 m16.6 mi
Liberty MoundESE 110°326 m9.7 mi
Frederick's HillWNW 300°317 m8.3 mi
Mount PleasantSW 233°316 m19.2 mi
Mount JuliaSW 230°313 m18.0 mi
Badger Mill HillWSW 239°310 m11.1 mi
Eagle HeightsWNW 287°308 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1919:5820:41
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2615:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334475868727062503725
Precip in1.71.72.34.24.65.74.74.13.93.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — UW Arboretum - Madison, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee361 obs
  • Mallard266 obs
  • common milkweed137 obs
  • white snakeroot127 obs
  • Canada Goose116 obs
  • American Robin113 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel109 obs
  • House Sparrow108 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/28773463

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