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Jaycees Park

Jaycees Park from directly overhead

Jaycees Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Blue Mound stands 214 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Park, a park 1.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 34 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
184 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.17217, -87.64667

119 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 59
Ghost towns: 18
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 5
Peaks: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Portland Arch: 16.7 mi
  • Portland Arch: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Danville Art League: 3.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Pioneer Homestead: 11.3 mi
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Williamsport Falls: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundW 272°214 m24.6 mi
Copeland HillNE 55°206 m20.8 mi
Hog Back HillNE 56°204 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:2219:4320:24
September equinox06:3918:1418:49
December solstice07:1015:4516:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273242546472757467554332
Precip in2.52.23.24.54.65.24.33.33.33.73.72.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danville, 2 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle6 obs
  • snow trillium5 obs
  • American pokeweed4 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee4 obs
  • American White Pelican3 obs
  • Bald Eagle3 obs
  • Painted Turtle3 obs
  • Common Box Turtle3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1173076433

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