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Meade Park

Meade Park from directly overhead

Meade Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Copeland Hill stands 206 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Garfield Park, a park 1.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 33 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.13023, -87.58180

Overlooks nearby

119 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Garfield Park: 1.3 mi
  • Douglas Park: 1.9 mi
  • Carver Park: 2.2 mi
  • Winterview Park: 2.4 mi
  • Vermilion County Korean and Vietnam War Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
Ghost towns: 21
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Portland Arch: 14.3 mi
  • Portland Arch: 14.3 mi
Peaks: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Danville Art League: 2.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Pioneer Homestead: 7.9 mi
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Williamsport Falls: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copeland HillNE 43°206 m20.1 mi
Hog Back HillNE 44°204 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:2219:4320:24
September equinox06:3918:1318:49
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, 4 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle5 obs
  • American Robin3 obs
  • Ring-necked Snake3 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander3 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle3 obs
  • eastern poison ivy3 obs
  • Leopard Slug3 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider3 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/405724399

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