Wingra Creek

Wingra Creek is a stream in Dane, Wisconsin. Wingra Creek is situated nearby to the locality South Madison, as well as near the neighborhood Warrens Addition.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alliant Energy Center and Dane County Courthouse.

Alliant Energy Center

Convention center

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Alliant Energy Center is a multi-building complex located in Madison, Wisconsin. It comprises 164 acres of greenspace and includes the 255,000-square-foot Exhibition Hall, the 10,000-seat Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the 29-acre Willow Island, several multi-use pavilions, and the 22,000-square-foot Arena.

Dane County Courthouse

Courthouse

Photo: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0.

The Dane County Courthouse is a courthouse located in the city of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin. The eight-story low-rise early-modernism building, finished in 2005, required 16 years of planning and construction as well as $44 million to complete and was the first "green" building constructed by the County of Dane.

Madison Municipal Building

Government office

Photo: Jdsteakley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Madison Municipal Building, also known as the United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse, is a historic government building two blocks southwest of the capitol in Madison, Wisconsin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madison and Monona.

Madison

Photo: Emery, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, is situated on an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. As the anchor of the Greater Madison Area, it is home to the University of Wisconsin — Madison, one of the premier universities in the United States.

Monona

Village

Photo: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0.

Monona is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of the state capital, Madison, the city lies on the southeastern shore of Lake Monona, from which it takes its name. Monona is situated 2 miles east of Wingra Creek.

Shorewood Hills

Village

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Shorewood Hills is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. It was established in 1927. The population was 2,169 at the 2020 census. Entirely surrounded by the city of Madison and Lake Mendota, it is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shorewood Hills is situated 4 miles northwest of Wingra Creek.

Wingra Creek

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Murphy Creek” and “Murphy’s Creek”
Category: body of water
Location: Dane, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.05583° or 43° 3′ 21″ north

Longitude

-89.37762° or 89° 22′ 39″ west

Elevation

846 feet (258 metres)

Open location code

86MG3J4C+8X

GeoNames ID

5264008

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Localities in the Area

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