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Blair Park

Blair Park from directly overhead

Blair Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockland Wetlands, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
215 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28087, -87.85535

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Attractions
  • F-14 Tomcat: 1.9 mi
  • Krazy Kars: 7.0 mi
  • ZoomJets: 7.0 mi
  • Up, Up & Away: 7.0 mi
  • Goliath: 7.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Elawa Farm: 2.1 mi
  • McClure Rain Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Revery Prairie: 2.6 mi
  • Student Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • Finger Sculpture: 5.5 mi
  • 23: 5.6 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 5.6 mi
  • Traveler: 5.7 mi
  • Jack Benny Monument: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites
Beaches: 59
  • Sunrise Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Forest Park Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Independence Grove Beach: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 9
  • sled hill: 5.0 mi
  • Leahy Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 18.9 mi
  • Bald Knob: 19.4 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 19.4 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gander MountainNW 311°283 m22.6 mi
Bald KnobWNW 292°235 m19.4 mi
Leahy HillNNW 344°234 m10.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreSSE 157°204 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:5020:32
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3716:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636455767727164524029

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukegan, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee101 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee59 obs
  • large white trillium56 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee55 obs
  • prairie trillium43 obs
  • common jewelweed39 obs
  • common cowparsnip38 obs
  • Virginia bluebells38 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/317268966

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