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Commissioners Park

Commissioners Park from directly overhead

Commissioners Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Creekside Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.2 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Naperville Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.67936, -88.22083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Creekside Park: 0.5 mi
  • Crossings at Wolf Creek Park: 0.6 mi
  • Auburn Lakes Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ashwood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Champion Creek Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Green Eggs and Ham: 2.3 mi
  • DNA Wind Sculpture: 4.4 mi
  • Mastodon Statue: 5.4 mi
  • Bear: 5.4 mi
  • Bear: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Plainfield Historical Society Main Street Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Knoch Knolls Nature Center: 4.8 mi
  • McDonald Farm: 4.8 mi
  • Illinois Aviation Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Little White School Museum: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 7.2 mi
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 10.6 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 10.9 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 10.9 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 11.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 58
Peaks: 11
  • Rotary Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 8.1 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 10.8 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Pine Hill: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 6.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundNW 320°273 m16.7 mi
Mounded LandfillENE 64°259 m8.1 mi
Mount HoyN 11°255 m10.8 mi
Maramech HillW 261°196 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin14 obs
  • common milkweed14 obs
  • grey-headed coneflower11 obs
  • compass plant11 obs
  • common toadflax10 obs
  • wild bergamot10 obs
  • Mourning Dove8 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/198692145

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