Yahara Heights County Park
Yahara Heights County Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Westport Meadows Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 264 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Westport Meadows Park: 0.9 mi
- Northland Manor Park: 1.0 mi
- Meadow Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
- Sherman Village Park: 1.3 mi
- Wheeler Heights Park: 1.4 mi
- Cherokee Marsh- Mendota Unit: 1.1 mi
- Westshire Conservancy/Jackson's Landing: 1.1 mi
- Waunakee Arboretum: 1.9 mi
- Empire Prairies State Natural Area- Westport Drumlin Unit: 1.9 mi
- Six Mile Creek State Fishery Area: 2.0 mi
- Rooted: Troy Farm: 1.4 mi
- Rooted: Troy Community Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Emerson Wildflower Garden: 4.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 4.9 mi
- Reynolds Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty replica: 2.2 mi
- Sid Boyum Lantern in Beige: 4.2 mi
- Sid Boyum Red Heion-no-Shiko Lantern: 4.5 mi
- Sid Boyum Grinning Fool: 4.6 mi
- Sid Boyum Scarlet Form: 4.8 mi
- Tyler Knipfer: 3.4 mi
- Waunakee Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Tenney Park Lock And Dam: 4.4 mi
- David Frischkorn: 4.5 mi
- Joseph Solomon: 4.7 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 3.5 mi
- Raymer's Ravine: 5.1 mi
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Black Hawk's Cave: 5.4 mi
- Washburn Observatory: 5.5 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 5.0 mi
- Eagle Heights: 5.4 mi
- Observatory Hill: 5.5 mi
- Bascom Hill: 5.6 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 5.9 mi
- Warner Park Beach: 2.1 mi
- Indianola Beach: 2.5 mi
- James Madison Beach: 5.1 mi
- James Madison Beach: 5.1 mi
- James Madison Beach: 5.2 mi
- Great Plains Paleontolgy: 5.2 mi
- Madison Children's Museum: 5.5 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 5.6 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 5.6 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 5.7 mi
- Maple Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Fox Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Table Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Pine Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Allen Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Springs: 5.0 mi
- Merrill Spring: 6.2 mi
- Council Spring: 7.2 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 7.3 mi
- Big Spring: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 9.5 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 13.6 mi
- Williams Knoll: 15.4 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Train Car: 13.8 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 19.0 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 19.4 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 12.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yahara Heights County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WSW 249° | 524 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sauk Point | NW 325° | 449 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NW 313° | 445 m | 25.0 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | NNW 345° | 388 m | 24.1 mi |
| Townhall Hill | NNW 344° | 380 m | 23.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | WNW 302° | 346 m | 17.6 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 182° | 338 m | 22.5 mi |
| Liberty Mound | SE 129° | 326 m | 15.3 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 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Sandhill Crane140 obs
- common milkweed119 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee117 obs
- grey-headed coneflower100 obs
- great blue lobelia94 obs
- wild bergamot86 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle83 obs
- Monarch81 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/38041001
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