Channahon Parkway State Park
Channahon Parkway State Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 159 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Arroyo Trails, a park 0.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.7 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 159 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arroyo Trails: 0.8 mi
- Central Park: 1.1 mi
- Bluff Park: 1.5 mi
- Diamond Park: 2.1 mi
- Lions Park: 2.3 mi
- Lake Chaminwood Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Des Plaines State Fish and Wildlife Area: 3.8 mi
- Grant Creek Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area: 6.0 mi
- Heidecke Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Coal City Bell: 10.3 mi
- High Prairie Trail: 10.4 mi
- Smallest Village in U.S. with Armory: 10.8 mi
- Old Train Caboose: 11.0 mi
- Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899: 10.0 mi
- Louis Jolliet: 10.5 mi
- Green Eggs and Ham: 19.7 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 20.2 mi
- Bear: 21.8 mi
- Wilmington Historical Society Building: 9.0 mi
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum: 10.4 mi
- Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66: 10.4 mi
- Slovenian Women's Union and Heritage Museum: 10.6 mi
- Braidwood Area Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Dollinger Family Farm: 3.1 mi
- Ellis House and Equestrian Center: 8.2 mi
- Old telephone poles: 8.3 mi
- Heap's Pumpkin Farm: 8.7 mi
- Gemini Giant: 9.1 mi
- Wingren: 17.5 mi
- Stephanie's Garden: 19.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 20.7 mi
- Lenore's Backyard Garden: 20.7 mi
- Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 20.7 mi
- Akin Park Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Hickory Creek Barrens Nature Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Tall Oaks Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Fox View Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Tampier Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 22.7 mi
- Maramech Hill: 22.0 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 22.5 mi
- Signal Hill: 23.9 mi
- Rotary Hill: 24.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 24.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 23.7 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 2.4 mi
- Holderman Hill: 16.7 mi
- Michigan Beach: 10.7 mi
- Centennial Beach: 24.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Channahon Parkway State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | NNE 20° | 259 m | 22.5 mi |
| Maramech Hill | NW 312° | 196 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Channahon Dresden ISL DAM, 3 mi away.
- common milkweed40 obs
- Mute Swan36 obs
- American Robin35 obs
- Great Egret35 obs
- American White Pelican29 obs
- Amur honeysuckle28 obs
- Great Blue Heron27 obs
- Mallard27 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/354208093
Day trips start here
- Joliet · 8 mi
- Bolingbrook · 20 mi
- Lemont · 21 mi
- Naperville · 23 mi
- Aurora · 24 mi
- Tinley Park · 24 mi
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