Ravine Park
Ravine Park is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Moffet Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 29 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 200 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Moffet Woods: 0.2 mi
- Beach Prairie Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Carolyn Goetz Wetlands Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Rockland Wetlands: 1.0 mi
- Dwyer Woods: 1.0 mi
- Lake Bluff History Museum: 0.4 mi
- History Center Of Lake Forest- Lake Bluff: 1.7 mi
- National Museum of the American Sailor: 2.5 mi
- Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie: 5.8 mi
- Cuneo Mansion: 6.1 mi
- Sunrise Park: 0.4 mi
- Artesian Park: 0.4 mi
- Village Green: 0.5 mi
- Mawman Park: 0.6 mi
- Blair Park: 1.0 mi
- McClure Rain Garden: 1.9 mi
- Revery Prairie: 1.9 mi
- Student Garden: 2.0 mi
- Elawa Farm: 2.6 mi
- Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 3.7 mi
- Dr. Seuss 99th Commencement Poem: 1.9 mi
- Roundout Train Robbery: 3.0 mi
- Cross Monument: 3.7 mi
- Steven Malin, Jr. Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 5.4 mi
- F-14 Tomcat: 2.2 mi
- The Magic Rock: 6.9 mi
- Krazy Kars: 7.8 mi
- ZoomJets: 7.8 mi
- Up, Up & Away: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.7 mi
- Turnbull Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 9.3 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 9.9 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 0.4 mi
- Forest Park Beach: 1.8 mi
- Minear Lake Beach: 5.5 mi
- Minear Lake Beach: 5.5 mi
- Waukegan Municipal Beach: 6.1 mi
- sled hill: 4.6 mi
- Leahy Hill: 11.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 18.6 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 18.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 20.3 mi
- Light 1: 2.0 mi
- Light 2: 2.1 mi
- Kenosha North Pierhead Light: 21.6 mi
- Kenosha Light: 21.6 mi
- Covington Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 17.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 19.7 mi
- Aurora: 21.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ravine Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Mountain | NW 310° | 283 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 292° | 235 m | 20.3 mi |
| Leahy Hill | NNW 340° | 234 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 159° | 204 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:37 | 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 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukegan, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1350991643
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 25 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 27 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 27 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 28 mi
- Chicagoland · 28 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 29 mi
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