Lewis Memorial Park
Lewis Memorial Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Jefferson Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.7 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 58.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 3 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jefferson Park: 1.2 mi
- Schlitt Park: 1.3 mi
- Timberbrooke Park: 1.5 mi
- Lindsay Place Park: 1.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.9 mi
- Angel of Hope: 1.9 mi
- Washington Park: 2.1 mi
- Illinois Firefighter Memorial: 3.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
- 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - Edwards School: 3.3 mi
- White-tailed Deer: 3.2 mi
- Very Special Mosaic Mural: 3.3 mi
- Proud Raven Totem Pole: 3.3 mi
- Illinois Landscape #3: 3.3 mi
- Richard Yates Statue: 3.4 mi
- Washington Park Botanical Garden: 1.8 mi
- Washington Park Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
- Vinegar Hill Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Garden of Hope: 3.3 mi
- The Neighborhood Garden: 3.8 mi
- Illinois State Military Museum: 3.1 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 3.3 mi
- Kidzeum of Health and Science: 3.6 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 3.6 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 3.7 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 3.0 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 3.9 mi
- Milk a Cow: 4.8 mi
- High Dive Show: 4.9 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 5.0 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
- Gurgens Park: 6.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 6.7 mi
- Carpenter Park: 6.9 mi
- Sangamon River State Natural Area: 7.9 mi
- Cotton Hill: 11.1 mi
- Walnut Hill: 15.5 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 20.3 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 21.3 mi
- Polecat Hill: 23.4 mi
- Cavanaugh Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Iron Spring: 2.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lewis Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NE 40° | 221 m | 20.3 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NE 36° | 197 m | 15.5 mi |
| Polecat Hill | NNE 23° | 187 m | 23.4 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SE 136° | 186 m | 11.1 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | E 89° | 183 m | 21.3 mi |
| Kingfisher Hill | NW 324° | 183 m | 23.8 mi |
| Shick Shack Hill | NW 318° | 162 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| 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.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee16 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco12 obs
- Blue Jay10 obs
- Northern Cardinal10 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk8 obs
- Carolina Mantis8 obs
- Monarch7 obs
- House Sparrow6 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/105563852
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 16 mi
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