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Brooks Park

Brooks Park from directly overhead

Brooks Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00991, -87.80834

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Veteran Shrine: 0.6 mi
  • Katyn Massacre Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Wildwood Veteran Memorial: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Museums
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 1.3 mi
  • Norwood Park Historical Society: 1.9 mi
  • Niles Historical Society: 2.5 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 2.7 mi
  • Skokie Heritage Museum: 3.0 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 5.4 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 216°259 m23.8 mi
Mount HoyWSW 237°255 m22.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 80°204 m5.4 mi
Players HillSSE 167°187 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
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 °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, 7 mi away.

  • lesser celandine563 obs
  • White-tailed Deer215 obs
  • garlic mustard153 obs
  • prairie trillium119 obs
  • creeping thistle104 obs
  • Japanese barberry92 obs
  • Canadian lousewort89 obs
  • mayapple82 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/24725188

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