- Elevation
- 184 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Trashmore204 m · 2.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 6612.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 42.0507, -87.7194
Central Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded 184 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south-southeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. Janusz Korczak, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Elevation
- 184 m
- Operated by
- Skokie Park District
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 159° | 204 m | 2.0 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 192° | 187 m | 12.3 mi |
- 12.1 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dr. Janusz Korczak: 0.2 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 0.6 mi
- Sharp Corners: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 2.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Timber Ridge Park: 0.4 mi
- Gleiss Park: 0.5 mi
- Gorell Park: 0.5 mi
- Harry Hibbert Porter Park: 0.6 mi
- Beck Park: 0.6 mi
- Cartwright Mound: 0.6 mi
- Sculpture: 0.7 mi
- Trunnion II: 0.9 mi
- La Souterraine: 0.9 mi
- Viking: 1.9 mi
- Perkins Woods Forest Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Ladd Arboretum: 1.3 mi
- Calvin R. Sutker Grove: 2.3 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 2.3 mi
- Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Eggleston Park Food Forest: 0.9 mi
- McCormick Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Twiggs Canal Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Merrick Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- James Parks Gardens: 1.9 mi
- Picnic: 0.9 mi
- Ackerman Park Picnic Tables: 1.1 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.6 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 3: 2.6 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Grove 2: 2.7 mi
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: 1.0 mi
- Evanston Ecology Center: 1.0 mi
- Wilmette Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Exploratorium: 2.1 mi
- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: 2.2 mi
- Clark Street Beach: 2.4 mi
- Dog Beach: 2.4 mi
- North Beach: 2.5 mi
- Greenwood Street Beach: 2.6 mi
- Langdon Park Beach: 2.7 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 3.7 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 4.2 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 6.4 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 7.6 mi
- Plant identification trail: 9.0 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 2.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.1 mi
- Hidden Hill: 9.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 8.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 13.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 7 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteDay trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 9 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 10 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 11 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 11 mi
- Chicagoland · 11 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 12 mi
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