Rochester Community Park
Rochester Community Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is North Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.9 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 64.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Park: 1.1 mi
- Tom Madonia Park East: 1.9 mi
- Tom Madonia Park West: 2.0 mi
- Lake Park: 2.4 mi
- Center Park: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 4.8 mi
- Henry Stephens: 5.6 mi
- Lincoln Campaign Wagon: 5.6 mi
- Elijah Iles House: 5.6 mi
- Impermanent Column: 3.9 mi
- The Colonnade: 3.9 mi
- Window's Edge: 3.9 mi
- Dodger: 3.9 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 5.2 mi
- Trutter Museum: 4.0 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 5.0 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 5.8 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 5.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum: 6.0 mi
- Laketown Serenity Garden: 3.8 mi
- UIS Greenhouse: 3.9 mi
- Spartan Garden: 4.0 mi
- Climate Restoration Area: 4.6 mi
- Memory Garden: 5.0 mi
- Wanless Park: 1.1 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.2 mi
- Carpenter Park: 8.5 mi
- Gurgens Park: 9.0 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 5.6 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 5.7 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 5.7 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 6.8 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 6.9 mi
- Cotton Hill: 5.4 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 12.9 mi
- Walnut Hill: 15.3 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 18.8 mi
- Long Mound: 22.1 mi
- Iron Spring: 7.0 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rochester Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 13° | 221 m | 18.8 mi |
| Long Mound | E 101° | 206 m | 22.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | E 99° | 205 m | 22.4 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 1° | 197 m | 15.3 mi |
| Polecat Hill | N 1° | 187 m | 24.3 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSW 192° | 186 m | 5.4 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 76° | 183 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 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, 7 mi away.
- American Toad10 obs
- Widow Skimmer5 obs
- Blue Dasher5 obs
- Monarch4 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk4 obs
- Carolina Mantis4 obs
- Cassin's 13-Year Cicada4 obs
- Northern Cardinal3 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/615969365
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 24 mi
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