Center Park
Center Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Beach Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.0 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City Water, Light & Power
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 61.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beach Park: 0.2 mi
- Lake Park: 0.3 mi
- Sunset Park & Fishing Area: 0.4 mi
- A Living Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Paul A. Barker Park: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 2.3 mi
- Illinois State Police Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Elijah Iles House: 5.6 mi
- Lincoln Campaign Wagon: 5.6 mi
- The Colonnade: 1.6 mi
- Dodger: 1.7 mi
- Impermanent Column: 1.7 mi
- Window's Edge: 1.7 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 4.6 mi
- Trutter Museum: 1.5 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 4.6 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 5.7 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 5.9 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 5.9 mi
- UIS Greenhouse: 1.5 mi
- Memory Garden: 2.6 mi
- Laketown Serenity Garden: 2.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.6 mi
- Honor Guard Formal Garden: 3.6 mi
- Wanless Park: 1.5 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 9.4 mi
- Carpenter Park: 9.7 mi
- Gurgens Park: 10.0 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 3.6 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 3.7 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 5.5 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 5.6 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 7.6 mi
- Cotton Hill: 3.5 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 15.2 mi
- Walnut Hill: 17.4 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 21.1 mi
- Long Mound: 23.7 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.4 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Center Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 17° | 221 m | 21.1 mi |
| Long Mound | E 95° | 206 m | 23.7 mi |
| Blue Mound | E 94° | 205 m | 24.0 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 7° | 197 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSE 168° | 186 m | 3.5 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 71° | 183 m | 15.2 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 | 20:30 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
- American White Pelican34 obs
- Canada Goose32 obs
- American Herring Gull30 obs
- Ring-billed Gull29 obs
- Great Blue Heron28 obs
- Lesser Scaup28 obs
- Bonaparte's Gull26 obs
- Ruddy Duck25 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/451113909
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 24 mi
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