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Walnut Ridge Park

Walnut Ridge Park from directly overhead

Walnut Ridge Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 217 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Farmington Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.3 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
217 m

What to expect

Operated by
Naperville Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72131, -88.11088

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
Picnic sites
Artworks
  • Buddhist Society Statue: 2.8 mi
  • Growth and Change: 4.0 mi
  • A Lifetime Together: 4.0 mi
  • Dick Tracy: 4.0 mi
  • Riverwalk Visionaries: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Shannower 9/11 Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Confederate Cannon: 4.1 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors: 4.1 mi
  • William Crowder: 4.2 mi
  • The Spirit of the American Navy: 4.4 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 16
  • Mounded Landfill: 1.8 mi
  • Rotary Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Pine Hill: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 5.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walnut Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundWNW 301°273 m19.1 mi
Mounded LandfillENE 69°259 m1.8 mi
Mount HoyNNW 335°255 m8.4 mi
Maramech HillWSW 256°196 m23.0 mi
Players HillENE 59°187 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:51
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232637485969737164523929
Precip in2.22.02.43.84.84.44.34.43.43.62.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 7 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail69 obs
  • American Robin57 obs
  • Western Honey Bee57 obs
  • Monarch57 obs
  • prairie trillium57 obs
  • Mallard53 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty51 obs
  • White-tailed Deer49 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/395921943

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