Glenlake Avenue Beach
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Glenlake Avenue Beach is a beach in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Park No. 559, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Wikidata Q33326500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 176 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Park No. 559: 0.1 mi
- Lane Beach Park: 0.2 mi
- Interfaith Park: 0.2 mi
- Berger Park: 0.2 mi
- Broadway Armory Park: 0.3 mi
- Quinlan Rooftop Garden: 0.5 mi
- Winthrop Garden: 0.7 mi
- The Ruby Garden: 0.9 mi
- Edgewater Beach Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Gateway Garden: 1.4 mi
- Leather Archives and Museum: 0.8 mi
- Edgewater Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- Swedish American Museum: 1.3 mi
- The Haitian American Museum of Chicago: 2.2 mi
- National Cambodian Heritage Museum: 2.9 mi
- Salvadoran Martyrs Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Hutchinson Street District: 2.3 mi
- Lombard Lamp: 2.4 mi
- Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: 2.5 mi
- Berlin Wall Monument: 2.5 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 1.6 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 3.4 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 4.6 mi
- Polar Bears: 4.8 mi
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 4.8 mi
- Loyola Dunes: 1.0 mi
- Uptown Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- West Ridge Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Marovitz Savannah Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 0.2 mi
- Rosemont Avenue Beach: 0.3 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 0.4 mi
- Hartigan Beach: 0.7 mi
- North Shore Beach: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 17: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 16: 2.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 15: 2.9 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
- Peterson Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Thrive: 0.3 mi
- Granville Avenue Buildings: 0.3 mi
- Come to Light: 0.5 mi
- Arnold J. Damen, S.J.: 0.5 mi
- Wounded Angel: 0.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 3.4 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.9 mi
- Players Hill: 10.0 mi
- Covington Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 24.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 1.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glenlake Avenue Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NW 309° | 204 m | 3.4 mi |
| Players Hill | SW 216° | 187 m | 10.0 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 | 20:30 |
| 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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1533149460
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 5 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 6 mi
- Chicagoland · 6 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 7 mi
- Chicago · 8 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 8 mi
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