
Madison Travel Guide
Wisconsin, United States
Madison is a city of 248,951 people in Wisconsin, in the north-central United States. It is Wisconsin’s state capital and sits in the south-central part of the state, between several lakes.
Travellers arriving by air use Dane County Regional Airport (MSN), the airport serving Madison. The nearby shoreline has several named beaches, including Brittingham Beach at 1.4 kilometres, James Madison Beach at 1.8 kilometres, Vilas Beach at 1.9 kilometres and Bernies Beach at 2.0 kilometres.
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Plug type Type A & Type B (UK adapter needed)
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Dial code +1
Tipping: Tipping is customary in the United States for various service industries. It's a significant part of service workers' income.
Best time to visit Madison
Jan
-2°7Feb
2°5Mar
8°11Apr
14°13May
21°9Jun
26°10Jul
27°11Aug
26°9Sep
24°8Oct
17°10Nov
8°8Dec
1°9Average daily maximums with rainy days per month, from the last three years of weather history.
Beaches near Madison
Brittingham Beach
1.4 km away
James Madison Beach
1.8 km away
Vilas Beach
1.9 km away
Bernies Beach
2 km away
B B Clarke Beach
2.7 km away
Olin Beach
2.8 km away
Tenney Beach
3.3 km away
Esther Beach
4.5 km away
Things to do in Madison
Washburn Observatory
observatory
0.7 km
Kohl Center
stadium arena
0.5 km
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
contemporary art museum
1 km
Alliant Energy Center
event venue
3.6 km
Chazen Museum of Art
art museum
0.2 km
Hoyt Park
park
3.3 km
Wisconsin Historical Museum
history museum
1.2 km
North Hall
historic site
0.3 km
Getting there
Dane County Regional Airport · 8.3 km
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