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Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park

Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park from directly overhead

Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Carmel Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
180 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.43927, -87.81654
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carmel Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ophir Park: 0.5 mi
  • Edina Park: 0.6 mi
  • Unity Park: 0.6 mi
  • Shiloh Boulevard Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Gold Pyramid House: 6.6 mi
  • Wisconsin Welcome Sign: 6.6 mi
  • Cirque Electrique: 7.6 mi
  • Condor: 7.7 mi
  • Big Easy Balloons: 7.7 mi
Museums: 44
  • Platen Press Printing Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Waukegan History Museum: 3.7 mi
  • The African American Museum at the England Manor: 5.0 mi
  • Pleasant Prairie History Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Bowen Formal Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Elawa Farm: 13.0 mi
  • McClure Rain Garden: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 34
  • Illinois Beach State Park: 0.9 mi
  • North Point Marina Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Waukegan Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Waukegan Municipal Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Eichelman Beach: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Sun Garden: 8.2 mi
  • The Buttery: 8.2 mi
  • Fairie Glen: 8.3 mi
  • Cotswold Commons: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Jack Benny Monument: 5.4 mi
  • Traveler: 5.4 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 5.5 mi
  • Finger Sculpture: 5.6 mi
  • Jockey International Globe: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Leahy Hill: 4.9 mi
  • sled hill: 15.8 mi
  • Gander Mountain: 19.5 mi
  • Bald Knob: 20.3 mi
  • Mount Moriah: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Indian Spring: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gander MountainW 281°283 m19.5 mi
Hill FifteenW 274°276 m24.2 mi
Mount TomNW 308°265 m24.1 mi
Mount MoriahWNW 284°257 m23.6 mi
Bald KnobW 260°235 m20.3 mi
Leahy HillW 259°234 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:04
June solstice05:1519:5020:33
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1815:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636465666727163524029
Precip in1.41.52.23.83.94.43.53.63.63.22.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Waukegan Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • flowering spurge185 obs
  • prairie phlox172 obs
  • hairy puccoon152 obs
  • butterfly milkweed143 obs
  • Canadian lousewort122 obs
  • Sundial Lupine115 obs
  • large-flowered false foxglove108 obs
  • Ohio spiderwort105 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/374974187

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