Wheeland Park
Wheeland Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Clear Lake Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.9 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 67.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Center Park: 0.5 mi
- Field of Dreams Park: 1.4 mi
- Spaulding Park: 1.7 mi
- Westview Park: 2.9 mi
- Clear Lake Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln and the Talisman: 3.1 mi
- AIDS Memorial Labyrinth: 5.6 mi
- 1908 Race Riot Archaeological Site: 5.7 mi
- Henry Stephens: 5.7 mi
- St nnn: 0.8 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 0.8 mi
- Crucixion with Mourning Women on pedestal: 1.0 mi
- Corn: 4.9 mi
- Cow: 4.9 mi
- Illinois Fire Museum: 5.0 mi
- Shea's Gas Station Museum: 5.0 mi
- Illinois State Fair Museum: 5.1 mi
- Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum: 5.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum: 6.0 mi
- Climate Restoration Area: 4.6 mi
- Lorraine DeSouza Perennial Garden: 5.3 mi
- Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 5.7 mi
- Motherland Gardens: 5.8 mi
- The Neighborhood Garden: 5.8 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 4.9 mi
- High Dive Show: 5.0 mi
- Milk a Cow: 5.2 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 6.1 mi
- Shell Gas Station: 7.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 4.3 mi
- Carpenter Park: 4.5 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Gurgens Park: 5.5 mi
- Wanless Park: 6.7 mi
- Walnut Hill: 9.5 mi
- Cotton Hill: 11.2 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 12.5 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 13.1 mi
- Polecat Hill: 18.4 mi
- Iron Spring: 7.8 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wheeland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 18° | 221 m | 13.1 mi |
| Long Mound | ESE 115° | 206 m | 23.6 mi |
| Blue Mound | ESE 113° | 205 m | 23.6 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 360° | 197 m | 9.5 mi |
| Polecat Hill | N 1° | 187 m | 18.4 mi |
| Cotton Hill | S 188° | 186 m | 11.2 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ESE 102° | 183 m | 12.5 mi |
| Lockenauer Hill | NNE 29° | 180 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:54 | 16:37 |
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, 7 mi away.
- Silver-spotted Skipper9 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee7 obs
- Western Honey Bee5 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee5 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker4 obs
- Painted Lady4 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee4 obs
- House Sparrow3 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/397675006
Day trips start here
- Petersburg · 20 mi
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