- Elevation, modelled
- 179 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Trashmore204 m · 5.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 665.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.9645, -87.6327
Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled 179 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.9 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
In 2001, the Chicago Park District stopped grooming the southeast end of the beach to encourage dune formation. As a result, this area now contains beach, foredune, and globally rare panne wetlands, which support numerous threatened and endangered plants.
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NW 317° | 204 m | 5.5 mi |
| Players Hill | SW 229° | 187 m | 9.3 mi |
- 5.9 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary: 0.1 mi
- Marovitz Savannah Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Uptown Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Diversey Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 16: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 15: 1.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 17: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 13: 1.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 10: 2.3 mi
- Montrose Yacht Club Anchor: 0.3 mi
- Peace and Justice: 0.8 mi
- Doctor José Rizal Monument: 0.8 mi
- Carved Stumps: 1.0 mi
- Phoenix Rising: 1.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.8 mi
- Clarendon Park: 0.8 mi
- Buena Park Neighborhood Association Garden: 0.8 mi
- 851 Gunnison Commons: 1.1 mi
- Margate Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunshine Garden: 0.9 mi
- Sheridan Triangle Garden: 1.0 mi
- Howard Brown Peace Garden: 1.3 mi
- Winthrop Family Historical Garden: 1.3 mi
- Ginkgo Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Hutchinson Street District: 1.0 mi
- Oscar Wilde & Audre Lorde: 1.3 mi
- Josephine Baker & James Baldwin: 1.4 mi
- Leonard Bernstein & Antonia Pantoja: 1.4 mi
- Silvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson: 1.4 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 1.3 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 2.8 mi
- Polar Bears: 2.8 mi
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 2.8 mi
- Aardvark: 2.8 mi
- The Haitian American Museum of Chicago: 1.7 mi
- Swedish American Museum: 2.0 mi
- Edgewater Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: 2.6 mi
- Leather Archives and Museum: 3.0 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 0.6 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 1.9 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 2.1 mi
- Glenlake Avenue Beach: 2.2 mi
- Rosemont Avenue Beach: 2.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 3.3 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 5.5 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 7.4 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.4 mi
- Players Hill: 9.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 23.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 3.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| 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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 8 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 5 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 5 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 5 mi
- Chicagoland · 5 mi
- Chicago · 6 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 6 mi
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