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Lakeview Park

Lakeview Park from directly overhead

Lakeview Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Nichols Mound stands 205 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dorothy M. Thornton Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 2.7 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
206;208

What to expect

Operated by
Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria

How to reach it

Coordinates40.74128, -89.61029

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dorothy M. Thornton Park: 0.9 mi
  • Schmoeger Park: 1.0 mi
  • Endres Park: 1.2 mi
  • Donovan Park: 1.3 mi
  • Peoria Heights Suburban Park: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Artworks: 34
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 17
Gardens: 8
  • Luthy Botanical Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Dayspring Community Park 4-H Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Skip Snyder Garden: 3.8 mi
  • ICC Horticulture Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Oz Garden: 12.8 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Hazel's Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Nichols Mound: 21.2 mi
  • The Mound: 21.3 mi
  • Little Mound: 21.9 mi
  • Hickory Grove Hill: 22.8 mi
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nichols MoundESE 109°205 m21.2 mi
The MoundSSW 199°160 m21.3 mi
Hickory Grove HillSSW 199°152 m22.8 mi
Little MoundSSW 198°148 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5116:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263041536473767567554231
Precip in2.12.02.74.04.73.73.53.33.53.22.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — General Wayne A Downing Intl A, 6 mi away.

  • garlic mustard32 obs
  • House Sparrow20 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle16 obs
  • Mourning Dove12 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel11 obs
  • American pokeweed11 obs
  • European Starling9 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/352184132

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