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KE20

KE20 from directly overhead

KE20 is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is KE19, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.98548, -87.83531

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Brickton Park: 0.3 mi
  • Grandparents Park: 0.5 mi
  • Southwest Park: 0.6 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 0.6 mi
  • South Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Museums
  • Museum of Hummels: 1.5 mi
  • Norwood Park Historical Society: 2.0 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 2.5 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.5 mi
  • Niles Historical Society: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Donald E. Stephens: 1.6 mi
  • Holy Family: 2.1 mi
  • Holy Innocents: 2.1 mi
  • St Maximilian Kolbe: 2.1 mi
  • St Francis of Assisi: 2.1 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 7.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of KE20. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 215°259 m21.6 mi
Mount HoyWSW 239°255 m20.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreENE 68°204 m7.2 mi
Players HillSSE 155°187 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel107 obs
  • White-tailed Deer103 obs
  • Japanese barberry78 obs
  • House Sparrow56 obs
  • American Robin52 obs
  • Monarch46 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail44 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk40 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/680259889

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