Cobb Park
Cobb Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Pilot Hill stands 227 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverview Historic District, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 20 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kankakee Valley Park District
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverview Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Beckman Park: 0.6 mi
- Jeffers Park: 0.8 mi
- Kensington Park: 0.8 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Gar Creek Trail and Prairie Restoration: 0.7 mi
- Shannon Bayou: 3.1 mi
- Iroquois Woods Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Mskoda Land and Water Reserve: 10.3 mi
- Kankakee River State Park: 11.3 mi
- Spot: 24.2 mi
- Field Rotation: 24.6 mi
- Working On The Failed Utopis: 24.7 mi
- Sextant Yoke: 24.7 mi
- Outgrown Pyramid 2: 24.7 mi
- Pottawatomi Campground Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters of Kankakee County: 0.9 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 0.9 mi
- Flag Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Chief Shauwanasee Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Kankakee County Museum: 1.2 mi
- Exploration Station Children's Museum: 2.9 mi
- Bourbonnais Grove Historical: 3.8 mi
- Wilmington Historical Society Building: 20.5 mi
- Braidwood Area Historical Society: 21.6 mi
- Willowhaven Interpretive Center: 4.3 mi
- South Shore Golf Course: 8.5 mi
- Minne Monesse Golf Club: 16.7 mi
- Gemini Giant: 20.5 mi
- Braidwood Zoo Animal Sculptures: 21.3 mi
- Mount Langham: 5.5 mi
- Pilot Hill: 10.9 mi
- Big Hill: 24.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 20.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cobb Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Hill | WSW 240° | 227 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Langham | SE 125° | 221 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kankakee Metro Wastewater, 2 mi away.
- Plains Garter Snake13 obs
- Mallard12 obs
- Monarch12 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee10 obs
- White-tailed Deer9 obs
- Canada Goose8 obs
- American Bullfrog8 obs
- Siberian squill8 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/66978815
Day trips start here
- Beecher · 20 mi
- South Suburbs · 27 mi
- Chicago Heights · 30 mi
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