Fargo Beach
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Fargo Beach is a beach in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the west-northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fargo Beach Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.5 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
park in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
Wikidata Q49488347, matched on coordinates and name (34 m apart).
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fargo Beach Park: 0.0 mi
- Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Sherwin Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Howard Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Leone Beach Park: 0.3 mi
- Marion Mahoney Griffin Beach: 0.1 mi
- Sherwin Beach: 0.1 mi
- Howard Beach: 0.1 mi
- Leone Beach: 0.3 mi
- Rogers Beach: 0.3 mi
- Coloribbean Mural: 0.3 mi
- A Neighborhood Piazza: 0.3 mi
- Mile of Murals: 0.4 mi
- Mile of Murals: 0.4 mi
- Mile of Murals: 0.4 mi
- Hello! Howard Garden: 0.4 mi
- Howard Area Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Elks Park Comunity Garden: 0.9 mi
- Winthrop Garden: 1.1 mi
- Quinlan Rooftop Garden: 1.3 mi
- Loyola Dunes: 0.8 mi
- Indian Boundary Nature Play Center: 1.7 mi
- Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- West Ridge Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Ladd Arboretum: 3.4 mi
- Salvadoran Martyrs Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 2.3 mi
- Weber Arch: 2.5 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 3.1 mi
- Lombard Lamp: 3.6 mi
- Leather Archives and Museum: 1.3 mi
- Evanston History Center: 1.9 mi
- Edgewater Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Swedish American Museum: 2.8 mi
- Evanston Ecology Center: 3.4 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 17: 3.0 mi
- Peterson Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 16: 3.9 mi
- Ackerman Park Picnic Tables: 4.0 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 4.3 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 3.2 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 3.3 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 6.2 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 6.3 mi
- Polar Bears: 6.6 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 2.2 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 4.3 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.1 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 2.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fargo Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | WNW 282° | 204 m | 2.2 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 209° | 187 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1466119092
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 7 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 8 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 8 mi
- Chicagoland · 8 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 9 mi
- Chicago · 10 mi
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