Alpha Park
Alpha Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Buxtom Hill stands 207 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Clara A. Lauterbach Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 1.4 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 195 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 68.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clara A. Lauterbach Park: 0.8 mi
- Trewyn Park: 2.2 mi
- Tuscarora Park: 2.8 mi
- Logan Recreation Center: 3.2 mi
- Richard Morrissey Park: 3.3 mi
- Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area: 3.3 mi
- Crevecoeur Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Elwood Wildlife Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Raccon Lakes: 4.1 mi
- Independence Park: 4.2 mi
- Vanna Whitewall: 4.2 mi
- Richard Pryor Statue: 5.0 mi
- Books Flying Off the Shelf: 5.1 mi
- Portal: 5.3 mi
- The Pedestrian: 5.4 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur Park veterans memorial: 3.7 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur monument: 3.8 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur DAR memorial rock: 3.8 mi
- Circle of Pride: 4.7 mi
- Franklin Street Bridge Monument: 5.0 mi
- African American Hall of Fame: 4.1 mi
- Pettingill-Morron House: 4.7 mi
- Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum: 7.2 mi
- Tremont History Museum: 13.0 mi
- Wheels O' Time Museum: 13.2 mi
- Dayspring Community Park 4-H Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Oz Garden: 5.4 mi
- Skip Snyder Garden: 5.4 mi
- Old Oz Garden: 5.5 mi
- Beimfohr Arboretum: 5.5 mi
- Hazel's Hill: 6.5 mi
- The Mound: 14.1 mi
- Little Mound: 14.7 mi
- Hickory Grove Hill: 15.6 mi
- Nichols Mound: 23.6 mi
- Riverfront Square: 5.4 mi
- Walnut Grove: 13.9 mi
- Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 19.6 mi
- The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center: 5.5 mi
- Sundance: 6.4 mi
- Luthy Botanical Gardens greenhouse: 7.3 mi
- Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound: 22.8 mi
- Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Westbound: 23.5 mi
- Sugarville: 24.1 mi
- Civer: 24.1 mi
- High Point: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alpha Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buxtom Hill | S 173° | 207 m | 25.0 mi |
| Nichols Mound | E 91° | 205 m | 23.6 mi |
| Tampico Mounds | SW 228° | 175 m | 24.2 mi |
| The Mound | SSW 194° | 160 m | 14.1 mi |
| Hickory Grove Hill | SSW 194° | 152 m | 15.6 mi |
| Little Mound | SSW 192° | 148 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:52 | 16:35 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — General Wayne A Downing Intl A, 1 mi away.
- Mourning Dove8 obs
- white clover6 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail6 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel5 obs
- red maple5 obs
- Eastern Cottontail4 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee4 obs
- North American Wheel Bug3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/468382757
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