- Elevation
- 180 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Trashmore204 m · 2.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 6611.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 42.0434, -87.6716
Dawes Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the southwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Evanston History Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Elevation
- 180 m
- Operated by
- Evanston Parks & Recreation
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dawes Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | SW 232° | 204 m | 2.2 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 203° | 187 m | 12.6 mi |
- 11.4 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Evanston History Center: 0.1 mi
- Evanston Ecology Center: 1.8 mi
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: 2.8 mi
- Leather Archives and Museum: 3.1 mi
- Wilmette Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
Beaches
- Greenwood Street Beach: 0.1 mi
- Dog Beach: 0.3 mi
- Clark Street Beach: 0.4 mi
- Lee Street Beach: 0.5 mi
- South Boulevard Beach: 1.1 mi
Parks
- Patriots Park: 0.2 mi
- Burnham Shores Park: 0.3 mi
- Stockham Place Park: 0.3 mi
- Congregational Park: 0.3 mi
- Cornelia Lunt Park: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
- Ladd Arboretum: 1.7 mi
- Perkins Woods Forest Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Indian Boundary Nature Play Center: 2.6 mi
- Loyola Dunes: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 0.6 mi
- Weber Arch: 0.6 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 2.0 mi
- Dr. Janusz Korczak: 2.5 mi
- Antoine Ouilmette: 2.7 mi
Artworks
- Sea of Ear: 0.6 mi
- Untitled, 1979: 0.6 mi
- Man Passing Through the Door, 1966: 0.6 mi
- Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969: 0.6 mi
- Curved Form, 1961: 0.6 mi
Gardens
- Merrick Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 1.0 mi
- Elks Park Comunity Garden: 1.4 mi
- Howard Area Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Twiggs Canal Gardens: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Ackerman Park Picnic Tables: 2.3 mi
- Picnic: 3.0 mi
- Peterson Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 17: 4.9 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 5.1 mi
Attractions
- Novelty Golf & Games: 4.0 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 5.2 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 6.2 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 8.2 mi
- Polar Bears: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 11
- Mount Trashmore: 2.2 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.9 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.4 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.6 mi
- Hidden Hill: 11.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Covington Bluff: 14.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 8 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 10 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 10 mi
- Chicagoland · 10 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 11 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 11 mi
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