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Brummel Park

Brummel Park from directly overhead

Brummel Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the west, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Clyde-Brummel Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Ridgeville Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02095, -87.68201

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Elks Park Comunity Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Howard Area Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Hello! Howard Garden: 0.6 mi
  • James Parks Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Merrick Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • 24/7: 0.5 mi
  • Destination: Points Unknown: 0.5 mi
  • A Neighborhood Piazza: 0.8 mi
  • Coloribbean Mural: 0.9 mi
  • Wind Harp: 0.9 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Picnic sites
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 1.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreW 278°204 m1.2 mi
Players HillSSW 204°187 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 10 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail250 obs
  • House Sparrow214 obs
  • American Robin210 obs
  • common milkweed185 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull161 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel159 obs
  • Mourning Dove157 obs
  • Monarch157 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/33112526

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