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Hill Street Nature Center

Hill Street Nature Center from directly overhead

Hill Street Nature Center is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregory Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 18 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Mount Prospect Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07461, -87.92819

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gregory Park: 0.1 mi
  • Maple Trails Park: 0.2 mi
  • Emerson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gloria Dei Presbyterian Church Walking Ground and Park: 0.4 mi
  • Busse Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 0.5 mi
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 4.3 mi
  • West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Illinois Heritage Grove: 7.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Glencoe Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Millard Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Tower Road Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Millard Beach: 10.5 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Centennial Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.6 mi
  • sled hill: 10.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 12.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoySW 218°255 m21.2 mi
Leahy HillN 2°234 m24.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 107°204 m12.0 mi
Players HillSSE 149°187 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/93283537

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