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Frontier Park Gardens

Frontier Park Gardens from directly overhead

Frontier Park Gardens is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Frontier Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 22 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Arlington Heights Park District
Access
Customers only
Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.11523, -87.99290

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • William Dunton: 2.3 mi
  • Butterfly Statue: 4.2 mi
  • The Dawning: 4.4 mi
  • First Iron Poured: 5.2 mi
  • Two Steel Dolphins: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 4.4 mi
  • Illinois Heritage Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Bob Link Arboretum: 7.3 mi
  • Native Prairie Wildflower Sanctuary: 7.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 60
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Lakeview Beach and Dock: 9.1 mi
  • Diamond Lake Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Millard Beach: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 14
  • sled hill: 10.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoySSW 206°255 m21.8 mi
Bald KnobNNW 330°235 m21.6 mi
Leahy HillN 11°234 m21.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 113°204 m16.0 mi
Players HillSE 145°187 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 5 mi away.

  • Mallard44 obs
  • Monarch41 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird36 obs
  • American Robin35 obs
  • Western Honey Bee30 obs
  • House Sparrow29 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail29 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk28 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/838027412

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