Skip to content
Byway
Park · Illinois

Brynford Park

Brynford Park from directly overhead

Brynford Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.9 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
184 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.98397, -87.72880

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 0.3 mi
  • Old Treaty Elm Historic Marker: 0.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Assyrian Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sauganash Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hollywood Park: 1.0 mi
  • North Mayfair Park: 1.0 mi
  • Springfield Park: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites
Artworks
  • Samuel Gompers Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Hope and Renewal: 1.3 mi
  • Hope and Renewal: 1.4 mi
  • Menorah: 1.6 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson Statue: 2.0 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 16
  • Horner Park Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 2.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNNE 24°204 m3.0 mi
Players HillSSW 195°187 m7.7 mi
Conditions

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 °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, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer648 obs
  • Great Blue Heron445 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron409 obs
  • American Robin372 obs
  • lesser celandine371 obs
  • Mallard358 obs
  • Virginia bluebells329 obs
  • chicory315 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/194536493

More parks in Illinois

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Brynford Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens