Niles Community Rain Garden
Niles Community Rain Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Village of Niles
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 16 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Park: 0.1 mi
- Brooks Park: 0.2 mi
- Wetlands: 0.6 mi
- Kirk Lane Park: 0.7 mi
- Oasis Water Park: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln on a Bench: 0.2 mi
- St Anne: 0.2 mi
- St Anne: 0.2 mi
- Mary: 0.2 mi
- Because I Love You More: 0.2 mi
- Veteran Shrine: 0.6 mi
- Katyn Massacre Memorial: 0.7 mi
- World War I Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Wildwood Veteran Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Wildwood Chicago Police & Fire Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.6 mi
- St. Paul Woods: 1.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.3 mi
- Miami Woods: 1.3 mi
- Caldwell Woods: 1.4 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 1.1 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 4.4 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 4.6 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 5.7 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 6.0 mi
- Park Ridge Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Norwood Park Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Niles Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Skokie Heritage Museum: 2.7 mi
- Wildwood Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- KE36-Rivers Casino: 2.1 mi
- KE37-Harry Caray's: 2.1 mi
- KE38: 2.3 mi
- KE18: 2.3 mi
- KE21: 2.4 mi
- South Boulevard Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lee Street Beach: 7.1 mi
- Greenwood Street Beach: 7.2 mi
- Juneway Beach: 7.2 mi
- Dog Beach: 7.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 2.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.3 mi
- Hidden Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 5.2 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 3.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.5 mi
- Covington Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 23.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.2 mi
- Tedens: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Niles Community Rain Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 216° | 259 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 237° | 255 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 81° | 204 m | 5.2 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 168° | 187 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 7 mi away.
- lesser celandine665 obs
- White-tailed Deer234 obs
- garlic mustard161 obs
- prairie trillium125 obs
- creeping thistle123 obs
- Japanese barberry108 obs
- Canadian lousewort99 obs
- mayapple93 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1126655685
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 8 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 9 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 10 mi
- Chicagoland · 11 mi
- Berwyn · 12 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 12 mi
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