Cambridge Park
Cambridge Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 207 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Windsor Ridge Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 23 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 207 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Buffalo Grove Park District
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 25 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Windsor Ridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.7 mi
- Horizon Park: 0.8 mi
- Husky Park: 0.8 mi
- Bison Park: 1.0 mi
- K1 Speed: 1.8 mi
- Sugar Shack: 4.8 mi
- Plant identification trail: 4.8 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 5.8 mi
- The Magic Rock: 7.6 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Raupp Museum: 2.5 mi
- Long Grove Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Sock Monkey Museum: 3.5 mi
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
- Garden: 2.3 mi
- Frontier Park Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 4.9 mi
- St. Mary of Vernon Garden: 6.5 mi
- Organic Teaching Garden: 7.1 mi
- Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Potawatomi Woods: 2.9 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East: 2.9 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 3.2 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 3.3 mi
- Butterfly Statue: 2.6 mi
- The Dawning: 3.5 mi
- William Dunton: 3.9 mi
- First Iron Poured: 7.5 mi
- 23: 7.6 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 2.9 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1: 3.4 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #2: 3.5 mi
- Massasauga Family Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- 1834 Capt. Daniel Wright: 3.9 mi
- Iconic Rocks: 4.2 mi
- Garden Gate: 6.1 mi
- Unknown Author Stone: 6.1 mi
- The Plank Road: 6.2 mi
- Lakeview Beach and Dock: 8.0 mi
- Diamond Lake Beach: 8.0 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 8.4 mi
- Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 9.5 mi
- Millard Beach: 9.6 mi
- sled hill: 8.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 10.6 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 13.9 mi
- Hidden Hill: 14.2 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 14.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cambridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SSW 208° | 255 m | 24.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 323° | 235 m | 21.3 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 7° | 234 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 121° | 204 m | 15.2 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 151° | 187 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 3 mi away.
- Mallard45 obs
- Canada Goose41 obs
- Great Blue Heron28 obs
- American Robin26 obs
- Eastern Cottontail26 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird20 obs
- House Sparrow20 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/607174798
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 20 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 20 mi
- Oak Brook · 21 mi
- Wheaton · 21 mi
- Berwyn · 22 mi
- Brookfield · 22 mi
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