George S Park Memorial Woods Nature Preserve
George S Park Memorial Woods Nature Preserve is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Gravel Hill stands 253 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Stoner Park, a park 2.8 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 1.0 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 37.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Saint Louis Canyon · 20 mi
- Kickapoo Canyon · 21 mi
- Sac Canyon · 21 mi
- Aurora Canyon · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stoner Park: 2.8 mi
- Waterworks Park: 3.2 mi
- Central Park: 3.2 mi
- Robert McBride Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Child Park: 3.4 mi
- Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge - Cameron Unit: 6.1 mi
- North End Gun Club: 9.0 mi
- Hartman Hunting Club: 10.7 mi
- Lucky Seven Duck and Deer Inc: 11.0 mi
- Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area: 11.8 mi
- Tiskilwa History Museum: 16.1 mi
- Rock Island Depot Museum: 17.1 mi
- Chillicothe Area History Museum: 17.4 mi
- Hasselberg Ag Museum: 19.2 mi
- Bureau County Historical Museum: 19.2 mi
- Owls Head: 15.2 mi
- Piety Hill: 17.1 mi
- Starved Rock: 21.1 mi
- Cherry Slag Pile: 21.9 mi
- Gravel Hill: 23.1 mi
- Santa Fe Train Mural: 17.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 17.3 mi
- cherry Mine Disaster: 21.7 mi
- Pluto Monument: 24.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 24.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.5 mi
- Lake Falls: 18.7 mi
- Saint Louis Canyon Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Wildcat Canyon Waterfall: 21.1 mi
- Ottawa Canyon Waterfall: 22.2 mi
- Hopewell Peter Toth sculpture: 12.1 mi
- Out of Court: 23.1 mi
- Reuben G. Soderstrom: 24.1 mi
- Lake WIldwood Beach 2: 3.6 mi
- Lake Wildwood Beach 1: 4.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 23.7 mi
- The Marble Garden: 18.0 mi
- Bourbonais: 23.3 mi
- ATSF Depot: 24.6 mi
- Walnut Grove: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of George S Park Memorial Woods Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Hill | WNW 300° | 253 m | 23.1 mi |
| Piety Hill | NE 41° | 189 m | 17.1 mi |
| Owls Head | NW 322° | 181 m | 15.2 mi |
| Buffalo Rock | NE 54° | 170 m | 24.1 mi |
| Starved Rock | NE 49° | 167 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lacon, 9 mi away.
- Central Stoneroller3 obs
- Cassin's 17-year Cicada3 obs
- bloodroot2 obs
- Dutchman's breeches2 obs
- Pharaoh Cicada2 obs
- Geyer's yellow monkeyflower2 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- White-breasted Nuthatch1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/354219434
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