Lindbergh Park
Lindbergh Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Vredenburg Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.8 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1991
What to expect
- Operated by
- Springfield Park District
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 57.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 4 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vredenburg Park: 0.3 mi
- Westchester Park: 0.6 mi
- Patrick J. Cadigan Park: 1.0 mi
- Jerome Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Lindsay Place Park: 1.7 mi
- Angel of Hope: 2.6 mi
- Washington Park: 2.8 mi
- 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - Edwards School: 3.8 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 3.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 3.2 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 3.8 mi
- Illinois Landscape #3: 3.8 mi
- Proud Raven Totem Pole: 3.8 mi
- White-tailed Deer: 3.8 mi
- Washington Park Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
- Washington Park Botanical Garden: 2.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 2.6 mi
- Tranquility Garden: 2.7 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 2.7 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 3.6 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 3.9 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 4.0 mi
- Kidzeum of Health and Science: 4.2 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 4.3 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 1.4 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 2.8 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 2.8 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 4.3 mi
- Milk a Cow: 6.4 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Wanless Park: 7.0 mi
- Gurgens Park: 8.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.5 mi
- Carpenter Park: 8.8 mi
- Cotton Hill: 8.5 mi
- Walnut Hill: 17.6 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 20.7 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 22.2 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Cavanaugh Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Iron Spring: 2.8 mi
- Gurney: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lindbergh Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 33° | 221 m | 22.2 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 28° | 197 m | 17.6 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SE 127° | 186 m | 8.5 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | E 81° | 183 m | 20.7 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 | 19:50 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
- Mute Swan14 obs
- House Finch11 obs
- Cooper's Hawk11 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco10 obs
- American Robin10 obs
- Carolina Wren9 obs
- Eastern Cottontail9 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/127453450
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 20 mi
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