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Berbecker Park

Berbecker Park from directly overhead

Berbecker Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 206 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Methodist Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 20 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
206 m

What to expect

Operated by
Arlington Heights Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.08520, -87.96284

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 1.9 mi
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 2.6 mi
  • Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Illinois Heritage Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Bob Link Arboretum: 6.6 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Lakeview Beach and Dock: 11.4 mi
  • Millard Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Millard Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Centennial Hill: 8.0 mi
  • sled hill: 10.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 12.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoySSW 213°255 m20.7 mi
Bald KnobNNW 329°235 m24.2 mi
Leahy HillN 6°234 m23.6 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 108°204 m13.9 mi
Players HillSE 145°187 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

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

  • Western Honey Bee36 obs
  • Monarch36 obs
  • Black Swallowtail33 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail26 obs
  • Mourning Dove23 obs
  • Northern Cardinal20 obs
  • American pokeweed20 obs
  • American Goldfinch20 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/258216376

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