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Miller Park

Miller Park from directly overhead

Miller Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic US Route 66 Sign, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.46665, -89.00382

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Forrest Park: 0.2 mi
  • PJ Irvin Park: 0.4 mi
  • Woodbury Park: 0.5 mi
  • RT Dunn Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Buckmann Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 16
Gardens: 13
Artworks: 11
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 4
  • Historic US Route 66 Sign: 0.2 mi
  • Memory Lane: 16.9 mi
  • J. H. Hawes Elevator: 18.7 mi
  • J.P. Hieronymus Carriage House: 18.7 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Blue Mound: 12.2 mi
  • Nichols Mound: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • F.R. Glasener Beach: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 18.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Faithful: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundENE 75°258 m12.2 mi
Nichols MoundNW 315°205 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2719:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:5016:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232839516171747265523928
Precip in2.42.12.64.14.84.64.04.13.13.52.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington 5W, 5 mi away.

  • North American Wheel Bug55 obs
  • Canada Goose51 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel48 obs
  • Monarch43 obs
  • Mallard36 obs
  • Carolina Mantis35 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle32 obs
  • Great Blue Heron25 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/316796262

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