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Apache Park

Apache Park from directly overhead

Apache Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Arndt Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Des Plaines Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01489, -87.89014

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Arndt Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lake Park: 0.3 mi
  • Leisure Center Park: 0.6 mi
  • McKay-Nealis Park: 0.7 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Museums
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 1.6 mi
  • Kinder House: 1.7 mi
  • Des Plaines History Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Museum of Hummels: 2.1 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 3.2 mi
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 9.5 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 10.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 206°259 m21.9 mi
Mount HoySW 230°255 m19.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 86°204 m9.5 mi
Players HillSSE 147°187 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
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 °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 4 mi away.

  • Great Egret48 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron45 obs
  • Mallard36 obs
  • American Toad35 obs
  • Monarch34 obs
  • Great Blue Heron32 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • White-tailed Deer23 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/164478388

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