North Park
North Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rochester Community Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.0 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Village of Rochester
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 65.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rochester Community Park: 1.1 mi
- Westview Park: 3.0 mi
- Tom Madonia Park East: 3.0 mi
- Tom Madonia Park West: 3.1 mi
- Lake Park: 3.2 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 5.5 mi
- Clear Lake Veterans Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Henry Stephens: 6.6 mi
- Lincoln Campaign Wagon: 6.6 mi
- The Colonnade: 4.9 mi
- Impermanent Column: 4.9 mi
- Window's Edge: 5.0 mi
- Dodger: 5.0 mi
- St nnn: 6.1 mi
- Trutter Museum: 5.0 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 6.1 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 6.8 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 6.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum: 6.9 mi
- UIS Greenhouse: 4.9 mi
- Laketown Serenity Garden: 4.9 mi
- Spartan Garden: 5.0 mi
- Climate Restoration Area: 5.4 mi
- Memory Garden: 6.0 mi
- Wanless Park: 2.1 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.7 mi
- Carpenter Park: 9.0 mi
- Gurgens Park: 9.6 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 6.6 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 6.8 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 6.8 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 7.7 mi
- High Dive Show: 7.8 mi
- Cotton Hill: 5.8 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 11.8 mi
- Walnut Hill: 15.3 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 18.6 mi
- Long Mound: 21.0 mi
- Iron Spring: 8.0 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 12.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | N 10° | 221 m | 18.6 mi |
| Long Mound | ESE 101° | 206 m | 21.0 mi |
| Blue Mound | E 99° | 205 m | 21.3 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 357° | 197 m | 15.3 mi |
| Polecat Hill | N 359° | 187 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSW 202° | 186 m | 5.8 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 75° | 183 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:55 | 16:37 |
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, 8 mi away.
- American Toad10 obs
- Widow Skimmer5 obs
- Blue Dasher5 obs
- Monarch4 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk4 obs
- Carolina Mantis4 obs
- Northern Cardinal3 obs
- Small-mouthed Salamander3 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/1078536130
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 24 mi
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