Chatham Community Park
Chatham Community Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Coops Mound stands 211 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Chatham Railroad Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.5 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 54.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Square: 0.7 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.9 mi
- West Side Park: 1.0 mi
- Hurstbourne Park: 1.6 mi
- Spartan Sports Park: 2.3 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 5.7 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Angel of Hope: 8.5 mi
- Washington Park: 8.6 mi
- Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill Encampment: 9.1 mi
- The Colonnade: 6.2 mi
- Dodger: 6.2 mi
- Impermanent Column: 6.2 mi
- Window's Edge: 6.2 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 8.1 mi
- Chatham Railroad Museum: 0.6 mi
- Trutter Museum: 5.9 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 8.4 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 9.3 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 9.4 mi
- Honor Guard Formal Garden: 5.0 mi
- Memory Garden: 5.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 5.1 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 5.2 mi
- Tranquility Garden: 5.2 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 5.1 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 5.1 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 6.9 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 9.5 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 12.0 mi
- Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.8 mi
- Wanless Park: 8.9 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 10.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 14.1 mi
- Gurgens Park: 14.2 mi
- Cotton Hill: 6.8 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 22.4 mi
- Walnut Hill: 23.0 mi
- Coops Mound: 24.5 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Northbound: 14.8 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Southbound: 16.2 mi
- Coalfield Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Iron Spring: 8.6 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Gurney: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chatham Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coops Mound | S 191° | 211 m | 24.5 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 21° | 197 m | 23.0 mi |
| Cotton Hill | E 82° | 186 m | 6.8 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 65° | 183 m | 22.4 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 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:56 | 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, 9 mi away.
- Common Watersnake8 obs
- Common Garter Snake5 obs
- North American Wheel Bug5 obs
- prairie trillium5 obs
- Great Blue Heron4 obs
- Green Heron4 obs
- Painted Turtle4 obs
- Polyphemus Moth4 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/475925293
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 25 mi
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