Skip to content

Cornelia Lunt Park

Cornelia Lunt Park from directly overhead

Cornelia Lunt Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the southwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

What to expect

Operated by
Evanston Parks & Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04761, -87.67462

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Dog Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Clark Street Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Greenwood Street Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Lee Street Beach: 0.8 mi
  • North Beach: 0.9 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Weber Arch: 0.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 0.4 mi
  • Mahatma Gandhi: 1.8 mi
  • Dr. Janusz Korczak: 2.4 mi
  • Antoine Ouilmette: 2.4 mi
Artworks
  • Untitled, 1979: 0.3 mi
  • Man Passing Through the Door, 1966: 0.3 mi
  • Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969: 0.3 mi
  • Curved Form, 1961: 0.3 mi
  • Interior Form, 1981: 0.3 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 2.3 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreSW 224°204 m2.3 mi
Players HillSSW 202°187 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail287 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird203 obs
  • common milkweed184 obs
  • American Robin157 obs
  • Monarch153 obs
  • Canada Goose135 obs
  • Siberian squill114 obs
  • Black Swallowtail112 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/183224163

More parks in Illinois

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Cornelia Lunt Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens