Phillips Park
Phillips Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 211 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Phillips Park Mastadon Island Peninsula, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.4 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 211 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 9 mi
- Des Plaines River · 24 mi
- Viewing area · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Phillips Park Mastadon Island Peninsula: 0.1 mi
- Victor Dunn Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Phillips Park West Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
- Phillips Park: 0.4 mi
- Winter Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Mastodon Statue: 0.1 mi
- Cannons: 0.1 mi
- Men Digging: 0.2 mi
- Bear: 0.3 mi
- Mastodon Statue: 0.3 mi
- Phillips Zoo Park: 0.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Monument: 0.2 mi
- Grand Army Republic Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Founder's Rock: 4.3 mi
- Oswego Veterans Memorial Plaza: 4.7 mi
- Native Wildflower Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sunken Garden: 0.2 mi
- Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Honor Garden: 7.5 mi
- Healing Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Oakhurst Forest Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Arlene Shoemaker Forest Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Vermont Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Blackberry Creek Forest Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Culver Forest Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Aurora Regional Fire Museum: 1.6 mi
- SciTech Hands on Museum: 1.7 mi
- William Tanner House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Little White School Museum: 4.7 mi
- Early Streets Museum: 5.2 mi
- Blackberry Carousel: 5.1 mi
- St. James Farm Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Farnsworth House: 14.3 mi
- Ellis House and Equestrian Center: 15.1 mi
- Heap's Pumpkin Farm: 15.8 mi
- Olivia's Party Deck: 5.2 mi
- Stand Alone Fireplace: 9.1 mi
- West Picnic Shelter: 9.9 mi
- South Picnic Shelter: 9.9 mi
- East Picnic Shelter: 10.1 mi
- Rotary Hill: 7.5 mi
- Mount Hoy: 8.8 mi
- Johnson’s Mound: 11.0 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 11.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 12.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 7.5 mi
- Westman Beach: 18.3 mi
- Michigan Beach: 19.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 15.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.2 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Westbound): 20.3 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Eastbound): 21.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 23.6 mi
- Lake Strini: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Phillips Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | NW 322° | 273 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | E 93° | 259 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NE 43° | 255 m | 8.8 mi |
| Maramech Hill | WSW 242° | 196 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora, 3 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron27 obs
- cutleaf teasel19 obs
- Great Egret18 obs
- Mallard15 obs
- wild bergamot15 obs
- grey-headed coneflower15 obs
- Canada Goose14 obs
- White-tailed Deer14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/175006826
Day trips start here
- Aurora · 2 mi
- Naperville · 7 mi
- Bolingbrook · 11 mi
- Lisle · 11 mi
- Wheaton · 13 mi
- Woodridge · 13 mi
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