- Elevation, modelled
- 145 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Potato Hill218 m · 23.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great River Road11.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 38.5203, -89.9872
Optimist Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled 145 m. Potato Hill stands 218 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Belleville Skate Board Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 11 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Optimist Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Hill | SW 225° | 218 m | 23.7 mi |
| Clarks Mound | NW 312° | 196 m | 6.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SE 127° | 185 m | 5.8 mi |
| Fox Hill | N 355° | 182 m | 12.8 mi |
| Browns Mound | NNE 19° | 174 m | 13.4 mi |
| Berger Hill | ENE 63° | 171 m | 13.9 mi |
| Neudeckers Mountain | NNE 29° | 171 m | 21.3 mi |
| Haubers Hill | SE 141° | 166 m | 10.7 mi |
- 11.3 mi off the Great River RoadNational
- 9.6 mi off the Historic National Road - IllinoisNational
- 13.0 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 10.0 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 11 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 11 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gates 3 and 4 · 11 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 6 · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Belleville Skate Board Park: 0.1 mi
- Optimist Park: 0.1 mi
- North Municipal Gateway Entrance Park: 0.2 mi
- Hough Park: 0.2 mi
- North End Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
- Labor & Industrial Museum: 0.5 mi
- St. Clair County Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Emma Kunz County Museum: 0.9 mi
- O'Fallon Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center: 10.1 mi
Artworks
- Big Red Shoe: 0.6 mi
- Kinetic Sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Fox: 1.7 mi
- Retro Tree: 1.7 mi
- Radish: 11.9 mi
Historic sites
- September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois: 1.4 mi
- Transportation Plaza: 6.7 mi
- Historic Scott Gate: 6.8 mi
- Airlifter's Memorial: 6.8 mi
- O'Fallon Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 53
- Belleville Heart Garden Community Orchard: 1.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.0 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden: 1.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.5 mi
- Prairie in Progress: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 28
- Scenic Red Caboose: 6.4 mi
- World's Largest Catsup Bottle: 9.9 mi
- Shoemaker School: 12.5 mi
- Gateway Arch Riverboats: 12.8 mi
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 19
- Turkey Hill: 5.8 mi
- Clarks Mound: 6.1 mi
- Mt Millstadt: 6.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 9.5 mi
- Monks Mound: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 18
- Whispering Willow Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 16.0 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 16.0 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 16.0 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 17
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 12.8 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 15.6 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 16.9 mi
- Poag Sand Prairie: 18.8 mi
Springs: 6
- Falling Spring: 10.6 mi
- Headwaters: 15.1 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 16.3 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 17.3 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Gateway Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.9 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area - Westbound: 24.6 mi
- Homestead Rest Area - Northbound: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Broadway: 15.0 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Wise Falls: 17.1 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 17.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Stone Arch: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Vilhauer Bluff: 23.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Belleville · 0 mi
- O'Fallon · 6 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 10 mi
- Collinsville · 10 mi
- East St. Louis · 10 mi
- Fairmont City · 11 mi
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