Washington Park
Washington Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Red Hill stands 193 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Heath Museum & Confectionery, a museum 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 102 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 102.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 24.3 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
85 named places within 25 miles
- Robinson City Park: 1.0 mi
- Hutsonville Township Park: 7.9 mi
- Leaverton Park: 8.1 mi
- Leaverton Park: 8.2 mi
- Daugherty Field: 8.3 mi
- Indian Mound: 7.4 mi
- Bristol Hill: 9.5 mi
- Shawn Hill: 10.6 mi
- Ladd Hill: 15.1 mi
- Indian Mound: 18.2 mi
- Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 5.9 mi
- Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area: 19.9 mi
- Greene-Sullivan State Forest Dugger Unit: 21.9 mi
- American Beech Woods Nature Preserve: 22.9 mi
- Lincoln Trail State Park: 23.2 mi
- Story Walk: 23.8 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 23.8 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 23.8 mi
- Porch Swing: 23.8 mi
- Worlds Largest Mailbox: 23.8 mi
- Crawfordsville: 10.8 mi
- West Union: 15.6 mi
- Caledonia: 22.9 mi
- Farnsworth: 23.6 mi
- Heath Museum & Confectionery: 0.6 mi
- USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame: 23.2 mi
- DoD War Memorial: 23.3 mi
- Trolly: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | SSW 194° | 193 m | 19.2 mi |
| Ladd Hill | NE 54° | 190 m | 15.1 mi |
| Shawn Hill | ESE 103° | 165 m | 10.6 mi |
| Jordan Hill | W 274° | 165 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bristol Hill | ESE 102° | 164 m | 9.5 mi |
| Lost Hill | N 0° | 164 m | 22.5 mi |
| Indian Mound | ESE 107° | 161 m | 7.4 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SE 136° | 159 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:41 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Robinson, 2 mi away.
- Pond Slider5 obs
- late boneset5 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
- American Bullfrog5 obs
- Green Cloverworm Moth5 obs
- Common Watersnake4 obs
- honey-vine climbing milkweed4 obs
- Maize Calligrapher4 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/478330657
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