Central Park
Central Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northeast, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Novelty Golf & Games, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.7 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lincolnwood Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Novelty Golf & Games: 0.1 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 3.5 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 3.7 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 6.1 mi
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 6.8 mi
- Drake Park: 0.4 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.4 mi
- Springfield Park: 0.4 mi
- Lincolnwood Centennial Park: 0.6 mi
- Park No. 538: 0.6 mi
- North Park Village Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- North Park Village - Walking Stick Woods Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Indian Boundary Nature Play Center: 1.5 mi
- West Ridge Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Gompers Park Lagoon: 1.8 mi
- North Park Village Nature Center: 0.8 mi
- Emily Oak Nature Center: 2.1 mi
- Exploratorium: 2.3 mi
- National Cambodian Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
- Leather Archives and Museum: 2.6 mi
- Peterson Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- La Bagh Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.8 mi
- Irene C. Hernandez Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.9 mi
- Forest Glen Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.3 mi
- Ted Lechowicz Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.4 mi
- Menorah: 0.8 mi
- City Hall Keystone: 1.5 mi
- Wind Harp: 1.6 mi
- Samuel Gompers Monument: 1.7 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 1.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Old Treaty Elm Historic Marker: 1.5 mi
- The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 1.5 mi
- Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 1.5 mi
- NEIU Tennis Court Gardens: 1.5 mi
- La Guayabita Autonoma: 1.7 mi
- Garden of Serenity: 1.8 mi
- James Parks Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Turtle Park Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Leone Beach: 3.1 mi
- Sherwin Beach: 3.1 mi
- Marion Mahoney Griffin Beach: 3.1 mi
- Fargo Beach: 3.1 mi
- Loyola Beach: 3.1 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 1.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 2.9 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.6 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.0 mi
- Hidden Hill: 7.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 7.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 23.9 mi
- Covington Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 23.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 1.7 mi
- Tedens: 24.8 mi
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 | NNE 22° | 204 m | 1.8 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 196° | 187 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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 | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 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, 10 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer738 obs
- Virginia bluebells384 obs
- Great Blue Heron361 obs
- Mallard353 obs
- American Robin328 obs
- Pond Slider319 obs
- Canada Goose310 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird306 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/109151497
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 5 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 7 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 7 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 8 mi
- Chicagoland · 8 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 9 mi
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