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Field of Dreams Park

Field of Dreams Park from directly overhead

Field of Dreams Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Spaulding Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.3 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2004

What to expect

Operated by
Village of Riverton

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.85809, -89.53365

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 53
Artworks: 53
Museums: 24
  • Illinois Fire Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Shea's Gas Station Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Illinois State Fair Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Boxcar Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Route 66 Dream Car Museum: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 20
Attractions: 12
  • Route 66 Experience: 5.8 mi
  • High Dive Show: 5.9 mi
  • Milk a Cow: 6.0 mi
  • Shell Gas Station: 6.8 mi
  • Lincoln's Home: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Peaks: 9
  • Walnut Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Elkhart Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Yellow Hammer Knob: 12.2 mi
  • Cotton Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Polecat Hill: 17.2 mi
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhart HillNNE 17°221 m11.7 mi
Long MoundESE 118°206 m23.5 mi
Blue MoundESE 116°205 m23.6 mi
Walnut HillN 355°197 m8.3 mi
Polecat HillN 358°187 m17.2 mi
Cotton HillS 190°186 m12.5 mi
Yellow Hammer KnobESE 109°183 m12.2 mi
Lockenauer HillNNE 29°180 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3119:5020:31
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1715:5416:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283243546574777568564433
Precip in2.01.92.84.04.54.63.93.42.93.32.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield Abraham Lincoln CA, 8 mi away.

  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee12 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper10 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee7 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee6 obs
  • Western Honey Bee5 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee5 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker4 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/820539825

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