Spartan Sports Park
Spartan Sports Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Walnut Hill stands 197 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Jaycee Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 56.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jaycee Park: 1.4 mi
- Wildlife Sanctuary Park: 1.4 mi
- Bridgeview Park: 1.6 mi
- Hurstbourne Park: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Square: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 4.2 mi
- Angel of Hope: 6.5 mi
- Washington Park: 6.5 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 7.0 mi
- The Colonnade: 4.0 mi
- Dodger: 4.0 mi
- Window's Edge: 4.1 mi
- Impermanent Column: 4.1 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 5.8 mi
- Chatham Railroad Museum: 1.9 mi
- Trutter Museum: 3.9 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 6.2 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 7.1 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 7.1 mi
- Honor Guard Formal Garden: 2.7 mi
- Children's Garden: 2.8 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 2.9 mi
- Tranquility Garden: 2.9 mi
- Memory Garden: 2.9 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 2.8 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 2.8 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 4.8 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 7.3 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 9.7 mi
- Wanless Park: 6.8 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.0 mi
- Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 11.8 mi
- Gurgens Park: 12.0 mi
- Cotton Hill: 5.7 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 20.6 mi
- Walnut Hill: 20.8 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Northbound: 12.5 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Southbound: 13.9 mi
- Coalfield Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.5 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Gurney: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spartan Sports Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Hill | NNE 20° | 197 m | 20.8 mi |
| Cotton Hill | E 101° | 186 m | 5.7 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 69° | 183 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| 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.
- Virginia Springbeauty23 obs
- blue phlox22 obs
- prairie trillium22 obs
- Common Watersnake20 obs
- dwarf larkspur20 obs
- White-tailed Deer19 obs
- Great Blue Heron15 obs
- Mallard15 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/673421749
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 24 mi
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