Iles Park
Iles Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1903
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Springfield Park District
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 61.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 1 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunn Park: 0.9 mi
- Hobbs Park: 1.2 mi
- Capital Cruisers Park: 1.3 mi
- Eisenhower Park: 1.4 mi
- Old State Capitol Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Illinois State Police Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 1.0 mi
- Elijah Iles House: 1.1 mi
- Lincoln Campaign Wagon: 1.2 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 1.2 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 0.3 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 0.5 mi
- Benjamin Franklin: 0.9 mi
- Ansar Shrine: 1.1 mi
- Reuben Soderstrom Statue: 1.2 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 0.2 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 1.1 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 1.3 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 1.4 mi
- Kidzeum of Health and Science: 1.4 mi
- Vinegar Hill Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Motherland Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Spartan Garden: 1.3 mi
- Laketown Serenity Garden: 2.1 mi
- Garden of Hope: 2.1 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 1.2 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 2.1 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 3.3 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 3.4 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 3.7 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Wanless Park: 4.7 mi
- Riverside Park: 5.8 mi
- Gurgens Park: 6.0 mi
- Carpenter Park: 6.1 mi
- Cotton Hill: 7.9 mi
- Walnut Hill: 14.7 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 17.6 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 19.1 mi
- Polecat Hill: 23.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 1.8 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Gurney: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iles Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 29° | 221 m | 19.1 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 21° | 197 m | 14.7 mi |
| Polecat Hill | NNE 14° | 187 m | 23.3 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSE 151° | 186 m | 7.9 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | E 85° | 183 m | 17.6 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, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Cottontail30 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel23 obs
- American Robin17 obs
- Mourning Dove13 obs
- Common Green June Beetle13 obs
- Northern Cardinal11 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- House Sparrow10 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/123228119
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- Petersburg · 19 mi
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