Tower Road Boat Launch
Tower Road Boat Launch is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Road, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tower Road: 0.3 mi
- Forest Way Grove: 0.9 mi
- Erickson Woods: 1.1 mi
- Clara Dietz Bird Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Ridge Woods: 1.4 mi
- Nick Corwin Park: 0.6 mi
- Willow Park: 0.9 mi
- Bell Woods Park: 1.0 mi
- Clarkson Park: 1.0 mi
- Triangle Park: 1.2 mi
- Glencoe Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Eklund Garden: 1.5 mi
- Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden: 1.9 mi
- Hilltop Garden: 2.1 mi
- Kieunto Dry Garden: 2.2 mi
- Glencoe Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Glencoe Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Anita Willets Burnham Log House: 1.8 mi
- Winnetka Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Wagner Farm Heritage Center: 2.4 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 1.9 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 2.0 mi
- The Rookery: 2.1 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 2.1 mi
- Stone Lantern: 2.2 mi
- Dixon Prairie: 2.0 mi
- Henry Demarest Lloyd: 2.2 mi
- The Woodland Edge: 2.4 mi
- The Sower Alcove: 2.4 mi
- Site of First Public School House in Winnetka: 2.4 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 2.1 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 2.2 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 2.4 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 2.9 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 3.2 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 2.3 mi
- The Magic Rock: 4.8 mi
- Plant identification trail: 5.8 mi
- Sugar Shack: 5.8 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 7.0 mi
- sled hill: 7.3 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 7.3 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.4 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 11.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 11.6 mi
- Covington Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tower Road Boat Launch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy Hill | NNW 342° | 234 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 151° | 204 m | 7.3 mi |
| Players Hill | S 179° | 187 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 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 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10910802929
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 14 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 15 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 16 mi
- Chicagoland · 16 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 17 mi
- Chicago · 18 mi
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