Glen Oak Park
Glen Oak Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Nichols Mound stands 205 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Illinois River Road passes 0.6 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 191 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Peoria Park District
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 70.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Detweiller Playground: 0.9 mi
- Woodruff Park: 0.9 mi
- East Bluff Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Morton Square Park: 1.0 mi
- Sinclair Grove: 1.1 mi
- Purple Martin Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Wymann Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Riverhill Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Bennett's Terraqueous Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Fondulac Reservoir: 3.5 mi
- Bison: 1.7 mi
- Peace and Harvest: 1.8 mi
- Sonar Tide: 1.8 mi
- George Washington: 1.8 mi
- Cedric the Dragon: 1.8 mi
- Settlement of Peoria Historic Site: 0.8 mi
- John C. Flanagan House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Detweiller Historical Monument: 0.9 mi
- Constitution Garden: 1.2 mi
- Ironworkers Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum: 0.0 mi
- Pettingill-Morron House: 2.4 mi
- African American Hall of Fame: 3.0 mi
- Wheels O' Time Museum: 8.6 mi
- Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center: 9.5 mi
- Luthy Botanical Garden: 0.3 mi
- Skip Snyder Garden: 1.9 mi
- Dayspring Community Park 4-H Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- ICC Horticulture Garden: 3.4 mi
- Oz Garden: 12.2 mi
- Hazel's Hill: 8.8 mi
- Nichols Mound: 18.8 mi
- The Mound: 20.3 mi
- Little Mound: 20.9 mi
- Hickory Grove Hill: 21.8 mi
- Luthy Botanical Gardens greenhouse: 0.3 mi
- The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center: 1.9 mi
- Sundance: 10.9 mi
- Walnut Grove: 8.5 mi
- Riverfront Square: 10.7 mi
- Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 16.7 mi
- Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound: 18.7 mi
- Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Westbound: 19.3 mi
- High Point: 4.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glen Oak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Mound | ESE 106° | 205 m | 18.8 mi |
| The Mound | SSW 206° | 160 m | 20.3 mi |
| Hickory Grove Hill | SSW 205° | 152 m | 21.8 mi |
| Little Mound | SSW 204° | 148 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
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 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — General Wayne A Downing Intl A, 7 mi away.
- garlic mustard65 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee31 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel19 obs
- House Sparrow18 obs
- American Robin17 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk16 obs
- Groundhog15 obs
- Canada Goose14 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 way/71548803
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