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Danny Cunniff Park

Danny Cunniff Park from directly overhead

Danny Cunniff Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Bald Knob stands 235 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is sled hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 24 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Park District of Highland Park

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20951, -87.83449

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sleepy Hollow Park: 0.6 mi
  • Old Elm Park: 0.7 mi
  • Knoll Park: 0.8 mi
  • Northcroft Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sheridan Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Magic Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Model Railroad Garden: 4.8 mi
  • K1 Speed: 6.4 mi
  • F-14 Tomcat: 6.8 mi
  • Plant identification trail: 8.3 mi
Gardens
  • Organic Teaching Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Rose Garden at Laurel Park: 2.6 mi
  • Student Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Revery Prairie: 2.8 mi
  • McClure Rain Garden: 2.8 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
Beaches: 56
  • Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Forest Park Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Millard Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Millard Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 4.4 mi
Peaks: 10
  • sled hill: 0.1 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 14.5 mi
  • Leahy Hill: 15.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 17.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 15.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobWNW 303°235 m22.6 mi
Leahy HillNNW 345°234 m15.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreSSE 153°204 m14.5 mi
Players HillS 172°187 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1815:3816:23

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, 5 mi away.

  • purple crownvetch69 obs
  • Monarch67 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk66 obs
  • large white trillium61 obs
  • purple loosestrife60 obs
  • butterfly milkweed53 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird52 obs
  • staghorn sumac51 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/510921128

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