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Carpenter Park

Carpenter Park from directly overhead

Carpenter Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Hill Fifteen stands 276 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Triangle Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 15 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1850
Elevation
225 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.11054, -88.28340

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Triangle Park: 0.2 mi
  • Freeman Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bartels Park: 0.7 mi
  • White Oaks Park: 0.8 mi
  • Grafelman Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Former Carpentersville Dam: 0.5 mi
  • Pratt's Castle: 3.4 mi
  • Illinois Watch Case Company: 4.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
  • Elgin Milk Condensing Company: 4.8 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Gardens: 60
  • Sherman Natural Prairie and Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • City Hall Raised Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Spruce Trees Nursery: 6.0 mi
  • Smart Farm: 7.8 mi
Artworks
  • Elgin Embrace: 3.9 mi
  • Dance of Wonder: 4.7 mi
  • Another Thought Sculpture: 4.8 mi
  • Pioneer Family Memorial Sculpture: 4.8 mi
  • Seven at the Gates of Dawn: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Serpentine: 0.9 mi
  • Steffan's Straight: 1.0 mi
  • Len's Hairpin: 1.1 mi
  • Gregg's Corkscrew: 1.1 mi
  • Monza Wall: 1.1 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Indian Trail Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Main Beach: 9.0 mi
  • West Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Morrison Park Beach: 15.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Johnson’s Mound: 18.6 mi
  • Bald Knob: 19.4 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 20.0 mi
  • Camelback Kame: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hill FifteenN 359°276 m24.2 mi
Johnson’s MoundSSW 204°273 m18.6 mi
Camelback KameN 354°268 m21.5 mi
Mount HoySSE 165°255 m20.0 mi
Bald KnobNNE 12°235 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1819:5120:33
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1915:4016:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222636485969747264523928
Precip in2.01.92.44.05.14.54.04.33.53.32.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard126 obs
  • Canada Goose80 obs
  • Bald Eagle68 obs
  • Great Blue Heron63 obs
  • Common Goldeneye57 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull43 obs
  • ground-ivy40 obs
  • American Herring Gull36 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/133633984

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