- Elevation, modelled
- 180 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Elkhart Hill221 m · 17.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 660.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 39.8083, -89.6578
Garden of Hope is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled 180 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is First Cabin in Springfield, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.5 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garden of Hope. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NE 34° | 221 m | 17.7 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 27° | 197 m | 13.1 mi |
| Polecat Hill | NNE 16° | 187 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSE 153° | 186 m | 10.0 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | E 91° | 183 m | 18.1 mi |
- 0.5 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 61.6 mi off the Great River RoadNational
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 1 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gehrmann Park: 0.4 mi
- Duncan Park: 0.5 mi
- Bob Vose Corner: 0.6 mi
- Union Square Park: 0.6 mi
- Old State Capitol Plaza: 0.7 mi
- First Cabin in Springfield: 0.4 mi
- Lincoln Funeral Train Monument: 0.5 mi
- The History of Union Station: 0.6 mi
- Acts of Intolerance: 0.6 mi
- Acts of Intolerance: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln's Bench: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Mural: 0.6 mi
- Fido Sniffing Flower Pot: 0.6 mi
- Sad Fido: 0.6 mi
- A Greater Task: 0.6 mi
- Union Station: 0.6 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum: 0.7 mi
- Kidzeum of Health and Science: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 0.8 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 0.8 mi
- The Neighborhood Garden: 0.6 mi
- Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi
- Vinegar Hill Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Motherland Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Washington Park Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 1.0 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 2.0 mi
- Milk a Cow: 2.0 mi
- High Dive Show: 2.0 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 3.3 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 4.1 mi
- Gurgens Park: 4.1 mi
- Carpenter Park: 4.4 mi
- Wanless Park: 6.4 mi
- Cotton Hill: 10.0 mi
- Walnut Hill: 13.1 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 17.7 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 18.1 mi
- Polecat Hill: 21.5 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Cavanaugh Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 1.6 mi
- Gurney: 21.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:55 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 31 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield #2, 1 mi away.
- Mallard48 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel30 obs
- Eastern Cottontail25 obs
- Pond Slider24 obs
- Canada Goose23 obs
- Wood Duck18 obs
- House Sparrow15 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty14 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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