Stuart Park
Stuart Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Jefferson Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.1 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1988
What to expect
- Operated by
- Springfield Park District
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 60.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 3 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jefferson Park: 1.3 mi
- Timberbrooke Park: 1.5 mi
- Lewis Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Duncan Park: 2.3 mi
- Schlitt Park: 2.5 mi
- Illinois World War I Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Illinois Korean War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Illinois World War II Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Bust of Abraham Lincoln: 2.6 mi
- White-tailed Deer: 3.0 mi
- Very Special Mosaic Mural: 3.1 mi
- Illinois Workers Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 3.2 mi
- Illinois State Military Museum: 1.9 mi
- Air Combat Museum: 2.4 mi
- Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum: 2.7 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 3.2 mi
- Union Station: 3.2 mi
- Washington Park Botanical Garden: 2.6 mi
- Washington Park Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
- Garden of Hope: 2.7 mi
- The Neighborhood Garden: 3.0 mi
- Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 3.3 mi
- Milk a Cow: 3.3 mi
- High Dive Show: 3.5 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 3.6 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 3.6 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 4.3 mi
- Gurgens Park: 4.4 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Riverside Park: 5.0 mi
- Carpenter Park: 5.1 mi
- Sangamon River State Natural Area: 6.3 mi
- Cotton Hill: 12.1 mi
- Walnut Hill: 13.5 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 18.4 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 20.6 mi
- Polecat Hill: 21.4 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Cavanaugh Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Iron Spring: 2.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stuart Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NE 42° | 221 m | 18.4 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NE 38° | 197 m | 13.5 mi |
| Polecat Hill | NNE 23° | 187 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SE 145° | 186 m | 12.1 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | E 94° | 183 m | 20.6 mi |
| Kingfisher Hill | NW 319° | 183 m | 22.8 mi |
| Shick Shack Hill | NW 314° | 162 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:51 | 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 | 28 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield Abraham Lincoln CA, 2 mi away.
- American Toad10 obs
- Monarch7 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco5 obs
- European Starling4 obs
- White-tailed Deer4 obs
- Eastern Giant Swallowtail4 obs
- Bare-bottom Sunburst Lichen4 obs
- Carolina Wren3 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/401441180
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 15 mi
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