Bridgeview Park
Bridgeview Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 172 m. Walnut Hill stands 197 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenwood Lake Estates Memorial Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 172 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City Water, Light & Power
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 57.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glenwood Lake Estates Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Wildlife Sanctuary Park: 0.9 mi
- Cotton Hill Park West: 1.3 mi
- Hurstbourne Park: 1.4 mi
- Cotton Hill Park East: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 2.9 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Washington Park: 7.4 mi
- Angel of Hope: 7.4 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 7.6 mi
- The Colonnade: 3.6 mi
- Dodger: 3.7 mi
- Impermanent Column: 3.8 mi
- Window's Edge: 3.8 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 6.4 mi
- Chatham Railroad Museum: 2.8 mi
- Trutter Museum: 3.2 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 6.6 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 7.7 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 7.8 mi
- Memory Garden: 2.7 mi
- Honor Guard Formal Garden: 3.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 3.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.4 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 3.4 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 3.3 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 3.3 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 5.7 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 7.8 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 10.3 mi
- Wanless Park: 6.1 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 12.3 mi
- Gurgens Park: 12.6 mi
- Cotton Hill: 4.2 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 19.6 mi
- Walnut Hill: 21.1 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Northbound: 12.8 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Southbound: 14.3 mi
- Coalfield Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Iron Spring: 7.4 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bridgeview Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Hill | NNE 16° | 197 m | 21.1 mi |
| Cotton Hill | E 94° | 186 m | 4.2 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 65° | 183 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 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 | 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, 8 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
- Common Watersnake17 obs
- White-tailed Deer14 obs
- Great Blue Heron11 obs
- Wild Turkey10 obs
- Mallard9 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker9 obs
- Canada Goose7 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/1089335581
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 25 mi
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