- Elevation, modelled
- 184 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Trashmore204 m · 1.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 6611.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 42.0438, -87.6873
Merrick Rose Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled 184 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south-southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexander Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Merrick Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | SSW 214° | 204 m | 1.7 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 200° | 187 m | 12.3 mi |
- 11.4 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alexander Park: 0.2 mi
- Larimer Park: 0.3 mi
- Harper Garden Park: 0.3 mi
- Penny Park: 0.4 mi
- Raymond Park: 0.4 mi
- Sea of Ear: 0.3 mi
- Untitled, 1979: 0.9 mi
- Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969: 0.9 mi
- Man Passing Through the Door, 1966: 0.9 mi
- Interior Form, 1981: 0.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 0.4 mi
- Weber Arch: 0.7 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 1.2 mi
- Dr. Janusz Korczak: 1.7 mi
- Antoine Ouilmette: 2.5 mi
- Evanston History Center: 0.7 mi
- Evanston Ecology Center: 1.1 mi
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: 2.1 mi
- Wilmette Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- Exploratorium: 3.1 mi
- Dog Beach: 0.8 mi
- Clark Street Beach: 0.8 mi
- Greenwood Street Beach: 0.9 mi
- Lee Street Beach: 1.0 mi
- North Beach: 1.4 mi
- Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Ladd Arboretum: 1.1 mi
- Perkins Woods Forest Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Indian Boundary Nature Play Center: 2.4 mi
- Elmwood Dunes Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Twiggs Canal Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 1.1 mi
- McCormick Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Eggleston Park Food Forest: 1.2 mi
- Elks Park Comunity Garden: 1.4 mi
- Ackerman Park Picnic Tables: 1.7 mi
- Picnic: 2.3 mi
- Peterson Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 4.3 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 3: 4.4 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 3.6 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 5.4 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 5.4 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 8.3 mi
- Polar Bears: 8.7 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 1.7 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.6 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.0 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 3.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Covington Bluff: 14.3 mi
| 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).
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, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Cottontail314 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird203 obs
- common milkweed201 obs
- Monarch190 obs
- American Robin178 obs
- Black Swallowtail143 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel142 obs
- Canada Goose137 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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