Paul A. Barker Park
Paul A. Barker Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Window's Edge, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.1 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2015-05-30
What to expect
- Operated by
- Springfield Park District
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 60.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- A Living Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Lake Victoria Park: 1.6 mi
- Southern View Community Park: 1.7 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 1.7 mi
- Jack McDonald Village Park: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 3.1 mi
- Illinois State Police Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Elijah Iles House: 4.1 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 4.1 mi
- Window's Edge: 0.4 mi
- Impermanent Column: 0.5 mi
- Dodger: 0.6 mi
- The Colonnade: 0.7 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 2.9 mi
- Trutter Museum: 1.4 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 3.1 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 4.2 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 4.4 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 4.5 mi
- UIS Greenhouse: 0.8 mi
- Laketown Serenity Garden: 1.2 mi
- Memory Garden: 1.3 mi
- Gift of Hope Donor Memorial Garden: 1.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 1.8 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 1.8 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 3.5 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 4.2 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 6.5 mi
- Wanless Park: 2.9 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.5 mi
- Carpenter Park: 8.8 mi
- Gurgens Park: 8.9 mi
- Cotton Hill: 4.9 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 16.9 mi
- Walnut Hill: 17.1 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 21.2 mi
- Iron Spring: 4.6 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Paul A. Barker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 23° | 221 m | 21.2 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 14° | 197 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSE 147° | 186 m | 4.9 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 75° | 183 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
- Canada Goose36 obs
- Mallard29 obs
- White-tailed Deer26 obs
- Great Blue Heron25 obs
- Ring-billed Gull24 obs
- American Herring Gull24 obs
- American White Pelican23 obs
- Bonaparte's Gull22 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/432635999
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