Bowen Park
Bowen Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Waukegan History Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 193 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Waukegan Park District
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Victory Park: 0.7 mi
- Larsen Park: 0.9 mi
- Western Tot Lot: 1.0 mi
- Upton Park: 1.2 mi
- Armory Park: 1.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.9 mi
- Ray Bradbury: 2.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 2.1 mi
- Founders Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Edison Court Station on the North Shore Line: 2.2 mi
- Sprocket Rockets: 5.4 mi
- Goliath: 5.4 mi
- Logger's Run: 5.4 mi
- Aquaman Splashdown: 5.4 mi
- Cirque Electrique: 5.4 mi
- Waukegan History Museum: 0.2 mi
- The African American Museum at the England Manor: 1.5 mi
- Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie: 2.0 mi
- Platen Press Printing Museum: 3.5 mi
- National Museum of the American Sailor: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
- Sun Garden: 9.9 mi
- The Buttery: 10.0 mi
- Fairie Glen: 10.0 mi
- Cotswold Commons: 10.0 mi
- Jack Benny Monument: 1.8 mi
- Traveler: 1.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 2.0 mi
- Finger Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Round Entry Door: 12.0 mi
- Bowen Formal Garden: 0.2 mi
- Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 8.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.0 mi
- Elawa Farm: 9.4 mi
- McClure Rain Garden: 9.6 mi
- Waukegan Beach: 1.7 mi
- Waukegan Municipal Beach: 1.9 mi
- Illinois Beach State Park: 3.2 mi
- North Point Marina Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 7.6 mi
- Leahy Hill: 4.8 mi
- sled hill: 12.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 19.2 mi
- Gander Mountain: 19.8 mi
- Hill Fifteen: 24.0 mi
- Light 2: 5.7 mi
- Light 1: 5.8 mi
- Kenosha North Pierhead Light: 13.9 mi
- Kenosha Light: 13.9 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 11.0 mi
- Covington Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Aurora: 13.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bowen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Mountain | WNW 292° | 283 m | 19.8 mi |
| Hill Fifteen | WNW 282° | 276 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Moriah | WNW 292° | 257 m | 24.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | W 269° | 235 m | 19.2 mi |
| Leahy Hill | WNW 301° | 234 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Waukegan Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel214 obs
- Ring-billed Gull207 obs
- American Herring Gull196 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird121 obs
- Sanderling80 obs
- Northern Cardinal78 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco70 obs
- Downy Woodpecker69 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.
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