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Cornell Park

Cornell Park from directly overhead

Cornell Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Teton Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Des Plaines Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05544, -87.91212

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks: 18
  • Centennial Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 10.8 mi
  • sled hill: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 201°259 m24.0 mi
Mount HoySW 222°255 m20.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 102°204 m10.8 mi
Players HillSSE 149°187 m14.5 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 solstice07:1715:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee40 obs
  • Monarch36 obs
  • Black Swallowtail35 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee34 obs
  • Western Honey Bee33 obs
  • American pokeweed24 obs
  • House Sparrow23 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail23 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/42308646

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