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Brook Crossings Park

Brook Crossings Park from directly overhead

Brook Crossings Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Brook Prairie, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.4 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
197 m

What to expect

Operated by
Naperville Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71162, -88.16804

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brook Prairie: 0.2 mi
  • Timber Creek Park: 0.4 mi
  • Springbrook Crossings Park: 0.6 mi
  • Springbrook Parkway: 0.6 mi
  • Ashbury Greenway: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Green Eggs and Ham: 1.8 mi
  • Mr. & Mrs. Naperville: 4.1 mi
  • Best Friends: 4.2 mi
  • Ladder of Light: 4.2 mi
  • Dick Tracy: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 3.7 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 8.0 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 8.1 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 8.2 mi
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 12.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 15
  • Rotary Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 4.8 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 8.3 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 5.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundNW 308°273 m17.1 mi
Mounded LandfillENE 74°259 m4.8 mi
Mount HoyN 356°255 m8.3 mi
Maramech HillWSW 256°196 m19.9 mi
Players HillENE 61°187 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232637485969737164523929
Precip in2.22.02.43.84.84.44.34.43.43.62.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 9 mi away.

  • American Robin50 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee46 obs
  • Western Honey Bee43 obs
  • Black Swallowtail41 obs
  • Mallard40 obs
  • Monarch40 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird35 obs
  • Margined Calligrapher35 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/318557263

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