Cantigny Park
Cantigny Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 238 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Octagon Garden Southeast, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway passes 8.1 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 238 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 8 mi
- Des Plaines River · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Octagon Garden Southeast: 0.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Idea Garden: 0.1 mi
- The Courtyard: 3.2 mi
- Four Seasons Garden: 4.6 mi
- Robert Rutherford McCormick Mansion Museum: 0.1 mi
- First Infantry Division Museum: 0.2 mi
- Hedges Station: 1.9 mi
- DuPage County Historical Museum: 2.6 mi
- Warrenville Historical Society City Museum: 2.7 mi
- Lion of Cantigny: 0.1 mi
- Search: 4.6 mi
- Four Columns: 5.3 mi
- Officer Friendly: 5.3 mi
- Carol Stream Arch: 5.4 mi
- Indian Grove Park: 0.4 mi
- East Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Firefighters Park: 0.9 mi
- Creekside Park: 1.0 mi
- Atten Park: 1.0 mi
- Belleau Woods Forest Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Blackwell Campground: 1.5 mi
- West DuPage Woods Forest Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Blackwell Forest Preserve: 1.9 mi
- DuPage County Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Memorial Park Monument: 4.0 mi
- Tragedy To Triumph: 5.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 5.2 mi
- The Spirit of the American Doughboy: 5.2 mi
- St. James Farm Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 10.1 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park: 12.7 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 12.7 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 12.8 mi
- East Picnic Shelter: 1.9 mi
- West Picnic Shelter: 1.9 mi
- South Picnic Shelter: 2.0 mi
- Stand Alone Fireplace: 7.3 mi
- Bemis Woods South Picnic Shelter Grove 7: 12.8 mi
- Mount Hoy: 2.1 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.4 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 4.6 mi
- Spruce Hill: 4.6 mi
- Rotary Hill: 5.9 mi
- Centennial Beach: 5.8 mi
- Westman Beach: 10.6 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 23.4 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 23.5 mi
- Michigan Beach: 23.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 13.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 14.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 17.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 14.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cantigny Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | W 273° | 273 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | SSE 156° | 259 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Hoy | SW 221° | 255 m | 2.1 mi |
| Maramech Hill | SW 233° | 196 m | 24.9 mi |
| Players Hill | E 86° | 187 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Forktail132 obs
- American Bullfrog104 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk102 obs
- American Robin89 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee87 obs
- Monarch86 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk84 obs
- Blue Dasher79 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/188029862
Day trips start here
- Wheaton · 2 mi
- Lisle · 5 mi
- Naperville · 7 mi
- Downers Grove · 8 mi
- Aurora · 9 mi
- Woodridge · 10 mi
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