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Cheyenne Park

Cheyenne Park from directly overhead

Cheyenne Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawaii Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
200 m

What to expect

Operated by
Des Plaines Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06260, -87.90955

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches
  • Glencoe Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Tower Road Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Maple Street Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Cherry Street Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Centennial Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 10.8 mi
  • sled hill: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 201°259 m24.5 mi
Mount HoySW 221°255 m21.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 104°204 m10.8 mi
Players HillSSE 151°187 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3816:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch41 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee41 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee37 obs
  • Black Swallowtail35 obs
  • Western Honey Bee29 obs
  • common milkweed25 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel23 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/42308663

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