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Maple Street Beach

Maple Street Beach from directly overhead

Maple Street Beach is a beach in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Street Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Winnetka Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.11176, -87.72800

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Glencoe Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Community garden: 3.4 mi
  • Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Kieunto Dry Garden: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 59
  • Tower Road Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Cherry Street Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Elder Lane Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Kenilworth Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Glencoe Beach: 2.2 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mount Trashmore: 6.2 mi
  • sled hill: 8.8 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 10.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maple Street Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Leahy HillNNW 337°234 m23.6 mi
Mount TrashmoreS 169°204 m6.2 mi
Players HillS 187°187 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3649542527

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