Sweetwater Park
Sweetwater Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Haney Hill stands 229 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pioneers, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 52 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
How to reach it
- 51.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 15.4 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 52.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gazebo Park: 2.7 mi
- Harvest Home Park: 2.9 mi
- Reed Park: 5.7 mi
- Brimfield Community Park: 5.7 mi
- Jacobs Park: 5.9 mi
- Jubilee College State Park: 8.9 mi
- Spoon River State Forest: 13.1 mi
- Sommer Farm: 14.0 mi
- Canton Lake: 14.1 mi
- Canton Youth Acres: 14.1 mi
- Statue of Lion: 15.1 mi
- Here and There: 18.8 mi
- Prometheus I: 19.0 mi
- Sweet Like Lemonade: 19.2 mi
- Vanna Whitewall: 19.7 mi
- The Pioneers: 0.3 mi
- Circle of Pride: 18.7 mi
- Lacroix Rock: 20.0 mi
- Fallen Officer Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 20.2 mi
- Lorado Taft Museum: 0.4 mi
- Farmington Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
- Princeville Heritage Museum: 15.6 mi
- Wheels O' Time Museum: 18.3 mi
- African American Hall of Fame: 19.1 mi
- Old Oz Garden: 18.5 mi
- Oz Garden: 18.7 mi
- Beimfohr Arboretum: 19.0 mi
- Dayspring Community Park 4-H Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Skip Snyder Garden: 20.4 mi
- The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center: 20.4 mi
- Luthy Botanical Gardens greenhouse: 20.6 mi
- Sundance: 22.7 mi
- Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site: 23.9 mi
- CB&Q Engine 3006: 24.1 mi
- Midway: 15.7 mi
- Bybee: 17.0 mi
- Sugarville: 17.1 mi
- Civer: 19.0 mi
- Hazel's Hill: 11.9 mi
- Haney Hill: 20.8 mi
- Walnut Grove: 20.1 mi
- Riverfront Square: 21.5 mi
- Spoon River Rest Area: 9.8 mi
- High Point: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sweetwater Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haney Hill | WSW 248° | 229 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 51 | 63 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Princeville, 15 mi away.
- Japanese Beetle7 obs
- Red Milkweed Beetle4 obs
- Western Honey Bee2 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
- Eastern Black Carpenter Ant2 obs
- Eastern Foxsnake2 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove1 obs
- Mourning Dove1 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/975490070
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