Centennial Beach
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Centennial Beach is a beach in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mr. & Mrs. Naperville, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.5 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Centennial Beach is a public aquatic park located at 500 W. Jackson Avenue in Naperville, Illinois. The Beach is within an abandoned, double quarry alongside the DuPage River. The facility covers almost 6 acres (24,000 m2) of land with a full two acres (8,000 m2) or 6.2 million gallons of open water from Lake Michigan, all tested, re-circulated and chlorinated on site. Among its features is a sand beach next to the shallow end of the pool which offers a zero-depth entry. At the zero depth area of the pool, there are 2 large water play features which pour water from about 10 feet (3.0 m) up, and water spouts that shoot up water for children to play in and cool off. The shallow end of the pool goes from 0 feet (0 m) to 4 feet (1.2 m), getting deeper as one walks further into the pool. In the 4 feet (1.2 m) area there are 3 lanes for lap swimmers, where Centennial Beach's swim team, The Mudrats, practice each weekday morning before open swim hours. The shallow end also has a slide that was added in 2008. The shallow end also has an area called the “channel.” The deep end has an NCAA and USS-approved diving complex, which houses two one-meter springboards and one three-meter board. Centennial Beach receives about 2,500 visitors on an average warm summer day. Over the course of a year the beach receives about 155,000. The beach plays host to various athletic events and is known for its nationally competitive lifeguard team.
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Wikidata Q5059118, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 204 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 6.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 10 mi
- Des Plaines River · 16 mi
- Viewing area · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mr. & Mrs. Naperville: 0.0 mi
- Best Friends: 0.1 mi
- Landforms: 0.2 mi
- Joseph Naper: 0.2 mi
- Reading Children: 0.3 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 0.1 mi
- Joseph Naper Homestead Park: 0.2 mi
- West Greens Park: 0.3 mi
- Firemen's Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- William Crowder: 0.1 mi
- Shannower 9/11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Confederate Cannon: 0.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors: 0.6 mi
- The Spirit of the American Doughboy: 0.8 mi
- Honor Garden: 0.2 mi
- Healing Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Tree Nursery: 3.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.8 mi
- Naper Settlement: 0.2 mi
- DuPage Children's Museum: 0.7 mi
- Warrenville Historical Society City Museum: 3.3 mi
- McDonald Farm: 3.7 mi
- Knoch Knolls Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- Pioneer Park Forest Preserve: 2.0 mi
- McDowell Grove Forest Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Springbrook Prairie: 2.6 mi
- Kingsley Prairie: 3.6 mi
- Hitchcock Woods Forest Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Stand Alone Fireplace: 2.3 mi
- South Picnic Shelter: 3.9 mi
- West Picnic Shelter: 4.0 mi
- East Picnic Shelter: 4.1 mi
- Olivia's Party Deck: 12.0 mi
- St. James Farm Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 10.9 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 11.1 mi
- Blackberry Carousel: 12.0 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 13.4 mi
- Rotary Hill: 0.1 mi
- Mount Hoy: 4.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.9 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 4.9 mi
- Spruce Hill: 4.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 9.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.6 mi
- Westman Beach: 10.8 mi
- Michigan Beach: 18.3 mi
- Lake Strini: 9.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Westbound): 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Centennial Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | WNW 295° | 273 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | SE 124° | 259 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NNW 344° | 255 m | 4.4 mi |
| Maramech Hill | WSW 245° | 196 m | 21.8 mi |
| Players Hill | ENE 70° | 187 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/134260537
Day trips start here
- Naperville · 2 mi
- Lisle · 4 mi
- Bolingbrook · 6 mi
- Wheaton · 6 mi
- Woodridge · 6 mi
- Aurora · 7 mi
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