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Indian Hills Park

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Indian Hills Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Corn, a artwork 0.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.6 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1976

What to expect

Operated by
Springfield Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.83641, -89.62324

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 50
Museums: 20
Gardens: 20
Attractions: 10
  • Route 66 Experience: 0.8 mi
  • High Dive Show: 0.9 mi
  • Milk a Cow: 1.1 mi
  • Lincoln's Home: 2.9 mi
  • Lauterbach Man Statue: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Peaks: 7
  • Walnut Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Cotton Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Elkhart Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Yellow Hammer Knob: 16.4 mi
  • Polecat Hill: 19.2 mi
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhart HillNNE 32°221 m15.1 mi
Walnut HillNNE 23°197 m10.6 mi
Polecat HillNNE 13°187 m19.2 mi
Cotton HillSSE 166°186 m11.2 mi
Yellow Hammer KnobE 98°183 m16.4 mi
Lockenauer HillNE 38°180 m22.9 mi
Pool HillNNE 13°176 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3119:5020:31
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1715:5516:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283243546574777568564433
Precip in2.01.92.84.04.54.63.93.42.93.32.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield Abraham Lincoln CA, 3 mi away.

  • eastern poison ivy8 obs
  • Pond Slider5 obs
  • American sweetgum5 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee5 obs
  • False Milkweed Bug5 obs
  • Monarch4 obs
  • American sycamore4 obs
  • Leopard Slug4 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/401624639

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