The Chase Rock
The Chase Rock is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Westchester Woods Picnic Grove 1, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.3 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
- Inscription
- Identified as a "Glacial Erratic," this granite rock was excavated on this property in 1998. Probably of Canadian origin, it was deposited locally during the Pleistocene Geologic Epoch which began about one million years ago. About 10,000 years ago, as...
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 22.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 5 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Westchester Woods Picnic Grove 1: 0.5 mi
- Brezina Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 3: 0.6 mi
- Brezina Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2: 0.7 mi
- Brezina Woods Picnic Grove 1: 0.7 mi
- Little Broadview Bench: 0.8 mi
- Drury Lane Park: 0.5 mi
- Pioneer Park: 0.5 mi
- Beverly Park: 0.6 mi
- Community Park: 0.6 mi
- Hainesworth Park: 0.8 mi
- Kiwanis Club of Westchester: 0.5 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Fountain Marker: 2.2 mi
- Baboon Island: 2.2 mi
- Cannon Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Showmen's Rest: 2.5 mi
- Broadview Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Sally Schulz Memorial Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 2.1 mi
- Family Garden: 2.3 mi
- Torin's: 2.4 mi
- Brookfield Woods Preserve: 1.5 mi
- La Grange Park Woods: 1.7 mi
- Miller Meadow South: 1.8 mi
- Miller Meadow South: 1.8 mi
- McCormick Woods Preserve: 2.0 mi
- George Dilboy Memorial Statue: 1.5 mi
- Tree: 2.0 mi
- Elephant: 2.0 mi
- Tree: 2.0 mi
- Ant Hill: 2.0 mi
- Addax: 1.9 mi
- Saddle Billed Stork: 1.9 mi
- Red river hog: 1.9 mi
- Golden Lion Tamarins: 1.9 mi
- White Stork: 1.9 mi
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum: 2.1 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Riverside Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum: 3.0 mi
- Ekdahl House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Westman Beach: 5.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 9.2 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 13.0 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 13.4 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 13.4 mi
- Players Hill: 5.4 mi
- Hidden Hill: 6.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 10.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 10.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 11.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 13.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 13.0 mi
- Lake Strini: 18.6 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Chase Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 232° | 259 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 265° | 255 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 35° | 204 m | 14.4 mi |
| Players Hill | ENE 73° | 187 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7019909279
Day trips start here
- Brookfield · 2 mi
- La Grange · 3 mi
- Oak Brook · 3 mi
- Western Springs · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 4 mi
- Hinsdale · 5 mi
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