Garden Hills Park
Garden Hills Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Blue Mound stands 228 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Champaign County Worker's Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1957
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Prairie Grid: 0.5 mi
- AISC Steel Teaching Sculpture: 0.5 mi
- Theb #1: 1.8 mi
- Tootsie: 1.9 mi
- Indian War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Citizens Park: 0.6 mi
- Dodds Park: 0.7 mi
- Thompson Park: 0.8 mi
- Willis Park: 1.2 mi
- Washington Retention Park: 1.2 mi
- Queen Anne Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
- Capron Memorial Sculpture Garden: 1.9 mi
- Lindsay New American Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Beckman Garden: 2.8 mi
- Wesley Wildflower Corner: 3.3 mi
- Champaign County Worker's Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes: 0.5 mi
- The American's Creed: 1.9 mi
- Fire and Police Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Senior Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Busey Woods: 3.2 mi
- Brownfield Woods: 5.7 mi
- Trelease Prairie: 7.0 mi
- Trelease Woods: 7.0 mi
- Barnhart Prairie Restoration: 7.3 mi
- The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music: 3.2 mi
- Krannert Art Museum: 3.3 mi
- Carl R. Woese Museum: 3.4 mi
- Anita Purves Nature Center: 3.5 mi
- Spurlock Museum: 3.5 mi
- American Football House: 3.6 mi
- Experimental Round Barns: 4.0 mi
- Music Barn: 21.5 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 21.7 mi
- Illini Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 14.4 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Westbound: 22.9 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 9.0 mi
- Blue Mound: 12.3 mi
- The Oasis: 2.6 mi
- Kumler: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garden Hills Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SW 233° | 228 m | 12.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | ENE 71° | 214 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
- Canada Goose223 obs
- Asian Clam195 obs
- American Robin193 obs
- Mallard164 obs
- House Sparrow152 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird139 obs
- Northern Cardinal133 obs
- House Finch111 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/236128055
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