Courtland Park
Courtland Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Overhill Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Niles Park District
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Overhill Park: 0.5 mi
- Washington Terrace Park: 0.6 mi
- Golf Mill Park: 0.6 mi
- Oriole Park: 0.7 mi
- Rugen Park: 0.7 mi
- Niles Historical Society: 0.6 mi
- Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Glenview History Center: 2.2 mi
- Robert Kennicott House: 2.8 mi
- Wildwood Nature Center: 2.9 mi
- James Woodworth Prairie Preserve (Peacock Prairie): 0.9 mi
- Wayside Woods Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Wayside Woods: 2.1 mi
- Miami Woods: 2.2 mi
- St. Paul Woods: 2.3 mi
- Undercover History: 1.7 mi
- Glenview Bear: 1.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 2.7 mi
- Lincoln on a Bench: 3.1 mi
- Mary: 3.1 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 2.0 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 2.9 mi
- Community garden: 3.2 mi
- Skokie Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- KE20: 4.6 mi
- Belleau Wood Memorial: 2.5 mi
- War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- The Plank Road: 2.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 3.3 mi
- World War I Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 3.5 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 3.6 mi
- Plant identification trail: 4.2 mi
- Sugar Shack: 4.2 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 4.6 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 6.6 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 6.6 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 6.6 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 6.7 mi
- Kenilworth Beach: 6.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 6.6 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.6 mi
- Hidden Hill: 7.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 9.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 4.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.4 mi
- Covington Bluff: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Courtland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SW 230° | 255 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 107° | 204 m | 6.6 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 166° | 187 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 6 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee42 obs
- rattlesnake master36 obs
- rough blazing star34 obs
- Monarch32 obs
- Canadian lousewort32 obs
- Black Swallowtail31 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
- leadplant27 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/517177875
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 11 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 12 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 13 mi
- Chicagoland · 14 mi
- Berwyn · 15 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 15 mi
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