Clark Park
Clark Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Blue Mound stands 228 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayfair Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1909
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mayfair Park: 0.6 mi
- Trevett-Finch Park: 0.6 mi
- Eisner Park: 0.8 mi
- Mini Park V: 0.8 mi
- Davidson Park: 0.8 mi
- Kwami: 0.7 mi
- Sprout: 0.8 mi
- Tootsie: 1.0 mi
- Uppercutted: 1.0 mi
- Prayer for Rain: 1.0 mi
- Capron Memorial Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
- Lindsay New American Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Queen Anne Memorial Garden: 1.4 mi
- Beckman Garden: 1.9 mi
- Wesley Wildflower Corner: 2.0 mi
- The American's Creed: 1.1 mi
- Fire and Police Memorial: 1.1 mi
- The Long Way Home: 1.4 mi
- Mac and Diana Garret Memorial Tree: 1.6 mi
- Eternal Flame: 1.8 mi
- Busey Woods: 3.0 mi
- Barnhart Prairie Restoration: 5.3 mi
- Brownfield Woods: 5.8 mi
- Trelease Prairie: 6.5 mi
- Trelease Woods: 6.7 mi
- The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music: 1.7 mi
- Krannert Art Museum: 1.7 mi
- Carl R. Woese Museum: 2.0 mi
- Spurlock Museum: 2.2 mi
- Anita Purves Nature Center: 3.1 mi
- Experimental Round Barns: 2.2 mi
- American Football House: 2.4 mi
- Music Barn: 21.1 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 21.4 mi
- Illini Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 12.3 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Westbound: 24.3 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Eastbound: 24.6 mi
- Blue Mound: 9.4 mi
- Blue Mound: 11.7 mi
- The Oasis: 1.1 mi
- Kumler: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clark Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | WSW 243° | 228 m | 11.7 mi |
| Blue Mound | ENE 57° | 214 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Champaign 3S, 2 mi away.
- Mallard317 obs
- Plains Garter Snake268 obs
- Canada Goose257 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel213 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee190 obs
- North American Wheel Bug158 obs
- Great Blue Heron156 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle146 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/137367405
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