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Andover Park

Andover Park from directly overhead

Andover Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Harbor Springs Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 2.3 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
215 m

What to expect

Operated by
Fox Valley Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72631, -88.23688

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harbor Springs Park: 0.4 mi
  • Briarwood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Monarch Park: 0.4 mi
  • Middlebury East Park: 0.5 mi
  • Middlebury West Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • DNA Wind Sculpture: 1.2 mi
  • Green Eggs and Ham: 2.2 mi
  • Mastodon Statue: 3.0 mi
  • Men Digging: 3.0 mi
  • Bear: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 6.2 mi
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 8.3 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 8.4 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 8.4 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 8.6 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Rotary Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 7.9 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 8.2 mi
  • Pine Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 9.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Andover Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundNW 314°273 m13.7 mi
Mounded LandfillE 88°259 m8.2 mi
Mount HoyNNE 22°255 m7.9 mi
Maramech HillWSW 249°196 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232738506170747366534029
Precip in1.91.82.44.14.94.54.23.93.43.72.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora, 5 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron19 obs
  • American Robin15 obs
  • common milkweed13 obs
  • wild carrot13 obs
  • wild bergamot13 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron10 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk10 obs
  • Northern Cardinal10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/179394601

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