Gurgens Park
Gurgens Park is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpenter Park, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.4 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1970
What to expect
- Operated by
- Springfield Park District
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 64.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 5 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kennedy Park: 1.4 mi
- Village Park: 1.7 mi
- Conservation World: 1.9 mi
- Director's Lawn: 1.9 mi
- Indian Hills Park: 2.3 mi
- Cow: 2.3 mi
- Corn: 2.3 mi
- Lincoln Statue: 2.4 mi
- Bust of Abraham Lincoln: 3.1 mi
- Fido Sniffing Flower Pot: 4.4 mi
- Fighter Jets: 2.0 mi
- First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting: 2.2 mi
- Lincoln and the Talisman: 2.6 mi
- AIDS Memorial Labyrinth: 2.7 mi
- Lincoln Belltower: 3.0 mi
- Illinois State Fair Museum: 2.0 mi
- Air Combat Museum: 2.1 mi
- Illinois Fire Museum: 2.3 mi
- Shea's Gas Station Museum: 2.6 mi
- Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum: 3.3 mi
- Lorraine DeSouza Perennial Garden: 2.0 mi
- The Neighborhood Garden: 3.7 mi
- Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 3.9 mi
- Garden of Hope: 4.1 mi
- Climate Restoration Area: 4.7 mi
- Milk a Cow: 2.2 mi
- High Dive Show: 2.3 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 2.4 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 4.8 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 7.3 mi
- Walnut Hill: 9.2 mi
- Cotton Hill: 13.5 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 14.0 mi
- Polecat Hill: 17.4 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 17.9 mi
- Carpenter Park: 1.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 1.1 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Sangamon River State Natural Area: 6.0 mi
- Wanless Park: 9.2 mi
- Iron Spring: 5.6 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gurgens Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NE 41° | 221 m | 14.0 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 34° | 197 m | 9.2 mi |
| Polecat Hill | NNE 18° | 187 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSE 164° | 186 m | 13.5 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ESE 105° | 183 m | 17.9 mi |
| Kingfisher Hill | NW 308° | 183 m | 23.0 mi |
| Lockenauer Hill | NE 43° | 180 m | 22.0 mi |
| Pool Hill | NNE 17° | 176 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield Abraham Lincoln CA, 3 mi away.
- Butterweed23 obs
- common pawpaw22 obs
- blue phlox20 obs
- mayapple19 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit16 obs
- White-tailed Deer15 obs
- woodland stonecrop15 obs
- river oats14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/450799312
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 15 mi
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