Centennial Park
Centennial Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Carousel Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 23 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Arlington Heights Park District
How to reach it
- 22.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 25 mi
- Des Plaines River · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carousel Park: 0.6 mi
- Camelot Park: 0.6 mi
- Camelot Park: 0.6 mi
- Camelot Connector Parkway: 0.6 mi
- Cambridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Frontier Park Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Garden: 2.9 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 4.4 mi
- St. Mary of Vernon Garden: 7.1 mi
- Organic Teaching Garden: 7.6 mi
- K1 Speed: 2.4 mi
- Sugar Shack: 4.7 mi
- Plant identification trail: 4.7 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 5.4 mi
- Medieval Times: 7.2 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Raupp Museum: 3.0 mi
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
- Long Grove Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Sock Monkey Museum: 3.9 mi
- Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Potawatomi Woods: 3.2 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East: 3.3 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 3.4 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 3.5 mi
- Butterfly Statue: 3.1 mi
- William Dunton: 3.2 mi
- The Dawning: 3.9 mi
- First Iron Poured: 6.8 mi
- Two Steel Dolphins: 7.8 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 3.3 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1: 3.6 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #2: 3.6 mi
- Massasauga Family Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Deer Grove East Picnic Shelter 4: 4.0 mi
- 1834 Capt. Daniel Wright: 4.5 mi
- Iconic Rocks: 4.9 mi
- Garden Gate: 5.5 mi
- Unknown Author Stone: 5.5 mi
- The Plank Road: 6.1 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 8.4 mi
- Lakeview Beach and Dock: 8.5 mi
- Diamond Lake Beach: 8.5 mi
- Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 10.0 mi
- Millard Beach: 10.1 mi
- sled hill: 8.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 10.3 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 13.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 13.8 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 14.0 mi
- Covington Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Centennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SSW 209° | 255 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 325° | 235 m | 21.7 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 7° | 234 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 119° | 204 m | 15.1 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 150° | 187 m | 20.2 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.
- Mallard44 obs
- Canada Goose41 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
- American Robin27 obs
- Eastern Cottontail27 obs
- Great Blue Heron26 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee24 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird19 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/607174786
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 20 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 20 mi
- Oak Brook · 20 mi
- Wheaton · 20 mi
- Berwyn · 22 mi
- Brookfield · 22 mi
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