Central Park
Central Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Schraeder Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.3 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bolingbrook Park District
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 8.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 18 mi
- Viewing area · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Schraeder Park: 0.6 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.6 mi
- Knights of Columbus Park: 0.7 mi
- Lions Park: 0.8 mi
- Meyer Park: 0.9 mi
- Veteran Woods County Forest Preserve: 1.7 mi
- James S. Boan Woods: 1.8 mi
- Hidden Oaks Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Black Partridge Woods Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Whalon Lake Park: 2.3 mi
- Oak Savanna: 2.5 mi
- Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 4.6 mi
- Tree Nursery: 4.6 mi
- Buddhist Society Statue: 3.3 mi
- Pavilion/Sculpture: 4.1 mi
- Unknown: 4.1 mi
- Sister 1: 4.2 mi
- Four Corners: 4.2 mi
- Lemont Area Historical Society Museum: 3.4 mi
- Romeoville Area Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Illinois Aviation Museum: 3.5 mi
- Isle La Cache Museum: 3.8 mi
- Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall: 4.0 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 4.3 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 10.6 mi
- St. James Farm Preserve: 11.1 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 11.9 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 14.1 mi
- ZGS Piston: 4.5 mi
- Confederate Cannon: 7.1 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors: 7.1 mi
- Shannower 9/11 Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Illinois & Michigan Canal Office: 7.2 mi
- Stand Alone Fireplace: 5.1 mi
- Red Gate Woods: 7.7 mi
- Tampier Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 8.4 mi
- Wolf Road Woods: 8.4 mi
- Pulaski Woods: 8.5 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 2.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 5.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.6 mi
- Rotary Hill: 7.2 mi
- Spruce Hill: 8.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 3.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 4.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 23.0 mi
- Centennial Beach: 7.3 mi
- Westman Beach: 9.8 mi
- Michigan Beach: 12.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 23.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 22.9 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Westbound): 22.0 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Eastbound): 23.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 3.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | WNW 302° | 273 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | NNW 338° | 259 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NNW 327° | 255 m | 11.4 mi |
| Players Hill | NE 50° | 187 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romeoville WFO, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage39 obs
- Virginia bluebells35 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort33 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica33 obs
- mayapple30 obs
- false rue anemone29 obs
- prairie trillium28 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty26 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/439960530
Day trips start here
- Bolingbrook · 2 mi
- Lemont · 4 mi
- Woodridge · 4 mi
- Lisle · 7 mi
- Naperville · 7 mi
- Downers Grove · 8 mi
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