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Garfield Park

Garfield Park from directly overhead

Garfield Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Copeland Hill stands 206 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Carver Park, a park 1.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 33 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.13809, -87.60412

Overlooks nearby

119 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Carver Park: 1.1 mi
  • Meade Park: 1.3 mi
  • Vermilion County Middle East Conflicts Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Vermilion County Korean and Vietnam War Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Vermilion County World War II Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
Ghost towns: 19
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Portland Arch: 15.2 mi
  • Portland Arch: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Danville Art League: 1.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Pioneer Homestead: 8.5 mi
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Williamsport Falls: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copeland HillNE 46°206 m20.6 mi
Hog Back HillNE 48°204 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:2219:4320:24
September equinox06:3918:1418:49
December solstice07:1015:4516:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273242546472757467554332
Precip in2.52.23.24.54.65.24.33.33.33.73.72.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danville, 2 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal5 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle5 obs
  • Six-spotted Tiger Beetle4 obs
  • Common Green June Beetle4 obs
  • Unisexual Mole Salamander4 obs
  • American Robin3 obs
  • Ring-necked Snake3 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/545163509

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