Pilcher Park
Pilcher Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 188 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Birdheaven Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.5 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 188 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Joliet Park District
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 3.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 13 mi
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Birdheaven Park: 0.5 mi
- Neufairfield Park: 0.7 mi
- Highland Park: 0.9 mi
- Belmont Park: 0.9 mi
- Wildflower Park: 1.0 mi
- Lambs Woods: 2.5 mi
- Joliet Iron Works Historic Site: 3.4 mi
- Lockport Praire East Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Van Horne Woods Forest Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Akin Park Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Hickory Creek Barrens Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Tampier Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 9.7 mi
- Tampier Greenway Family Picnic Area Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 9.8 mi
- Cherry Hill Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 12.2 mi
- Louis Jolliet: 3.2 mi
- Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899: 4.4 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 8.4 mi
- Balancing Beam: 12.1 mi
- Unknown: 12.1 mi
- Slovenian Women's Union and Heritage Museum: 3.5 mi
- Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66: 3.5 mi
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
- Gladys Fox Museum: 4.2 mi
- Will County Historical Museum and Research Center: 4.4 mi
- Dreams: 4.3 mi
- Illinois & Michigan Canal Office: 4.4 mi
- Nativity Scene: 8.4 mi
- Plainfield Tornado Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Site A: 12.7 mi
- Schmuhl School: 4.8 mi
- Old telephone poles: 5.7 mi
- The Grainery Building: 8.8 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 10.4 mi
- Ellis House and Equestrian Center: 15.7 mi
- Wingren: 5.6 mi
- Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Oak Savanna: 13.7 mi
- Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 14.2 mi
- Sensory Garden: 14.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 12.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 12.6 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 13.9 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 15.9 mi
- Rotary Hill: 17.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 15.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 16.0 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Westbound): 17.3 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Eastbound): 18.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.7 mi
- Michigan Beach: 2.7 mi
- Centennial Beach: 17.9 mi
- Westman Beach: 19.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 10.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 12.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 12.7 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 15.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pilcher Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | NNW 346° | 259 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NNW 337° | 255 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 24 | 28 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joliet Brandon RD DAM, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage56 obs
- Virginia bluebells45 obs
- mayapple37 obs
- wild geranium36 obs
- false rue anemone33 obs
- marsh marigold32 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort31 obs
- prairie trillium30 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/689439465
Day trips start here
- Joliet · 7 mi
- Lemont · 10 mi
- Tinley Park · 11 mi
- Bolingbrook · 12 mi
- Palos Heights · 14 mi
- South Suburbs · 14 mi
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