Marine Point Park
Marine Point Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.1 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 59.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cotton Hill Park East: 1.0 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center: 1.1 mi
- Cotton Hill Park West: 1.2 mi
- Wildlife Sanctuary Park: 2.0 mi
- Beach Park: 2.1 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Illinois State Police Memorial Park: 6.5 mi
- Elijah Iles House: 6.6 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 6.6 mi
- The Colonnade: 1.8 mi
- Dodger: 1.9 mi
- Impermanent Column: 2.0 mi
- Window's Edge: 2.1 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 5.3 mi
- Trutter Museum: 1.1 mi
- Chatham Railroad Museum: 5.1 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 5.5 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 6.7 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 6.8 mi
- Memory Garden: 1.7 mi
- UIS Greenhouse: 1.7 mi
- Honor Guard Formal Garden: 2.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
- Gift of Hope Donor Memorial Garden: 3.0 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 2.9 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 3.0 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 5.5 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 6.7 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 9.0 mi
- Wanless Park: 3.8 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 10.9 mi
- Carpenter Park: 11.3 mi
- Gurgens Park: 11.4 mi
- Cotton Hill: 2.7 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 17.2 mi
- Walnut Hill: 19.3 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 23.2 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Northbound: 11.2 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Southbound: 12.7 mi
- Coalfield Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.8 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marine Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 19° | 221 m | 23.2 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 11° | 197 m | 19.3 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SE 127° | 186 m | 2.7 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 67° | 183 m | 17.2 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 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
- Cassin's 13-Year Cicada80 obs
- White-tailed Deer48 obs
- Mallard38 obs
- Virginia bluebells37 obs
- Neotredecim Periodical Cicada37 obs
- Canada Goose32 obs
- Ruddy Duck30 obs
- American Coot25 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/453395892
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 25 mi
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