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Allen Weissburg Park

Allen Weissburg Park from directly overhead

Allen Weissburg Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south-southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Shabonee Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
193 m

What to expect

Operated by
Skokie Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05899, -87.73460

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Sculpture: 0.3 mi
  • Cartwright Mound: 0.5 mi
  • Viking: 1.0 mi
  • Trunnion II: 1.8 mi
  • La Souterraine: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 14
  • Mount Trashmore: 2.9 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 5.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Allen Weissburg Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreSSE 149°204 m2.9 mi
Players HillS 188°187 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 6 mi away.

  • Monarch128 obs
  • American Robin122 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee120 obs
  • Northern Cardinal110 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail104 obs
  • Black Swallowtail99 obs
  • House Sparrow97 obs
  • prairie trillium90 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/182954695

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