Wing Park
Wing Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Frazier Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 11 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 27.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frazier Park: 0.5 mi
- Clifford/Owasco Park: 0.6 mi
- Mable Avenue Park: 0.6 mi
- Wing Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Slade Avenue Park: 0.8 mi
- Tyler Creek Forest Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Voyagers Landing Forest Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Hawthorne Hills Nature Center: 2.1 mi
- Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation: 2.2 mi
- Fox River Forested Fen Forest Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Elgin Milk Condensing Company: 1.2 mi
- Pratt's Castle: 1.6 mi
- Illinois Watch Case Company: 1.6 mi
- Elgin National Watch Company: 2.0 mi
- Seven at the Gates of Dawn: 1.0 mi
- Pioneer Family Memorial Sculpture: 1.0 mi
- United States Flag Sculpture: 1.1 mi
- Elgin Embrace: 1.1 mi
- Which Way: 1.2 mi
- City Hall Raised Garden: 1.3 mi
- Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Sherman Natural Prairie and Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Spruce Trees Nursery: 6.5 mi
- Meditation Garden: 8.2 mi
- Elgin History Museum: 1.5 mi
- Elgin Public Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hawthorne Hills Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Elgin Fire Barn Number 5 Museum: 2.5 mi
- Dundee Township Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Jelkes Creek Bird Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Deer Grove Picnic Grove 3: 13.6 mi
- Busse Lake Boating Center Grove 19: 14.1 mi
- Busse Lake Boating Center Grove 21: 14.2 mi
- Busse Lake Boating Center Grove 22: 14.4 mi
- Paintball Explosion: 3.4 mi
- Steffan's Straight: 4.1 mi
- Monza Wall: 4.1 mi
- Serpentine: 4.3 mi
- Len's Hairpin: 4.5 mi
- Indian Trail Beach: 9.1 mi
- Main Beach: 12.6 mi
- West Beach: 12.9 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 14.0 mi
- Morrison Park Beach: 19.7 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 10.1 mi
- Johnson’s Mound: 14.5 mi
- Mount Hoy: 16.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 19.7 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 19.9 mi
- Weston: 14.7 mi
- Coltonville: 23.0 mi
- Brush Point: 23.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 23.1 mi
- DeKalb Oasis: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wing Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | SSW 207° | 273 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Hoy | SSE 158° | 255 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNE 12° | 235 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin, 1 mi away.
- Mallard63 obs
- Canada Goose41 obs
- American Herring Gull30 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee28 obs
- Common Goldeneye25 obs
- Bald Eagle23 obs
- prairie trillium23 obs
- bloodroot22 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/93725706
Day trips start here
- Wheaton · 17 mi
- Aurora · 20 mi
- Lisle · 21 mi
- Naperville · 22 mi
- Downers Grove · 23 mi
- Oak Brook · 24 mi
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