Gietl Park
Gietl Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Janice Bentley Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.2 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
What to expect
- Operated by
- Springfield Park District
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 64.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 3 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Janice Bentley Park: 0.4 mi
- Fairview Park: 0.9 mi
- Indian Hills Park: 0.9 mi
- Lanphier Park: 1.3 mi
- David T. Lawless Park: 1.4 mi
- AIDS Memorial Labyrinth: 1.9 mi
- 1908 Race Riot Archaeological Site: 2.1 mi
- Henry Stephens: 2.2 mi
- Lincoln Belltower: 2.2 mi
- 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - The Old County Jail: 2.3 mi
- Corn: 1.4 mi
- Cow: 1.4 mi
- Lincoln Statue: 1.4 mi
- Sonya Massey Mural: 1.9 mi
- Bust of Abraham Lincoln: 2.2 mi
- Shea's Gas Station Museum: 1.3 mi
- Illinois Fire Museum: 1.4 mi
- Illinois State Fair Museum: 1.7 mi
- Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum: 2.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum: 2.3 mi
- Climate Restoration Area: 1.6 mi
- Lorraine DeSouza Perennial Garden: 1.8 mi
- Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 1.9 mi
- The Neighborhood Garden: 2.0 mi
- Motherland Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 1.3 mi
- High Dive Show: 1.5 mi
- Milk a Cow: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 2.5 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 5.5 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 2.5 mi
- Carpenter Park: 2.9 mi
- Gurgens Park: 3.3 mi
- Wanless Park: 6.0 mi
- Cotton Hill: 10.3 mi
- Walnut Hill: 11.2 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 15.5 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 15.9 mi
- Polecat Hill: 19.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 4.1 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Gurney: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gietl Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 29° | 221 m | 15.5 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 19° | 197 m | 11.2 mi |
| Polecat Hill | N 11° | 187 m | 19.9 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSE 168° | 186 m | 10.3 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | E 96° | 183 m | 15.9 mi |
| Lockenauer Hill | NE 35° | 180 m | 23.3 mi |
| Pool Hill | N 11° | 176 m | 24.5 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, 4 mi away.
- common jewelweed11 obs
- American black elderberry10 obs
- Margined Leatherwing Beetle9 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee9 obs
- tall bellflower7 obs
- common milkweed6 obs
- Virginia creeper6 obs
- northern spicebush6 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/401508777
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 18 mi
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