David T. Lawless Park
David T. Lawless Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lanphier Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2012-10-06
What to expect
- Operated by
- Springfield Park District
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 62.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 2 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lanphier Park: 0.3 mi
- Fairview Park: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.7 mi
- Enos Park: 0.7 mi
- Watershed Park: 0.7 mi
- AIDS Memorial Labyrinth: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln Belltower: 0.9 mi
- G.A.R. Mound - Army of the Republic Monument: 1.0 mi
- Illinois World War II Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Statue: 0.7 mi
- Corn: 0.9 mi
- Cow: 0.9 mi
- Bust of Abraham Lincoln: 0.9 mi
- Sonya Massey Mural: 1.3 mi
- Shea's Gas Station Museum: 0.5 mi
- Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum: 0.8 mi
- Illinois Fire Museum: 0.8 mi
- Illinois State Fair Museum: 1.1 mi
- Union Station: 1.4 mi
- The Neighborhood Garden: 0.8 mi
- Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 0.9 mi
- Lorraine DeSouza Perennial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Garden of Hope: 1.4 mi
- Climate Restoration Area: 1.9 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 0.7 mi
- High Dive Show: 0.8 mi
- Milk a Cow: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 1.7 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 4.5 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
- Riverside Park: 2.8 mi
- Gurgens Park: 3.1 mi
- Carpenter Park: 3.1 mi
- Wanless Park: 6.5 mi
- Cotton Hill: 10.5 mi
- Walnut Hill: 11.8 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 16.4 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 17.2 mi
- Polecat Hill: 20.4 mi
- Iron Spring: 3.0 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Gurney: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of David T. Lawless Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 33° | 221 m | 16.4 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 25° | 197 m | 11.8 mi |
| Polecat Hill | NNE 15° | 187 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSE 160° | 186 m | 10.5 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | E 95° | 183 m | 17.2 mi |
| Lockenauer Hill | NE 38° | 180 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:55 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Cottontail23 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel17 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee15 obs
- American Robin13 obs
- House Sparrow11 obs
- common jewelweed11 obs
- Mourning Dove10 obs
- American black elderberry10 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/406501812
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 17 mi
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