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Clearwood Park

Clearwood Park from directly overhead

Clearwood Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is McCarty Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 2.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
215 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fox Valley Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.74221, -88.23705

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McCarty Park: 0.2 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Georgetown Park: 0.4 mi
  • Middlebury East Park: 0.6 mi
  • Middlebury West Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • DNA Wind Sculpture: 0.8 mi
  • Green Eggs and Ham: 2.9 mi
  • Mastodon Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Cannons: 3.0 mi
  • Men Digging: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Sunken Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Native Wildflower Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Honor Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Healing Gardens: 4.7 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 6.0 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 7.5 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 7.6 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 7.7 mi
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 8.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 12
  • Rotary Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 6.9 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 8.2 mi
  • Pine Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 9.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clearwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundNW 310°273 m13.0 mi
Mounded LandfillE 96°259 m8.2 mi
Mount HoyNNE 25°255 m6.9 mi
Maramech HillWSW 246°196 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232738506170747366534029
Precip in1.91.82.44.14.94.54.23.93.43.72.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron17 obs
  • American Robin16 obs
  • prairie trillium15 obs
  • common milkweed13 obs
  • Monarch13 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit12 obs
  • Mallard11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer11 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/179394604

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