Denning Park
Denning Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridge Acres Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.6 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 204 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 3 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ridge Acres Park: 0.4 mi
- Clark Park: 0.5 mi
- Waiola Park: 0.6 mi
- Springdale Park: 0.6 mi
- West Field: 0.7 mi
- Ekdahl House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Western Springs Water Tower: 0.9 mi
- La Grange Area Historical Society: 1.0 mi
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Hinsdale Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Torin's: 1.5 mi
- Peirce Park Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Kesman Garden: 2.1 mi
- Fairy Garden: 2.4 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 2.6 mi
- Bemis Woods South Picnic Shelter Grove 5: 1.6 mi
- Bemis Woods South Picnic Shelter Grove 6: 1.8 mi
- Katherine Pavilion - North Picnic Shelter: 1.9 mi
- South Picnic Shelter: 1.9 mi
- Bemis Woods South Picnic Shelter Grove 7: 1.9 mi
- Salt Creek Woods: 1.7 mi
- La Grange Park Woods: 2.1 mi
- Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Plank Road Meadow: 3.1 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 1.8 mi
- Mexican Gray Wolf: 3.3 mi
- Kill Site: 3.3 mi
- Naturalist Outpost: 3.3 mi
- Golden Lion Tamarins: 3.3 mi
- Tom Hardies & Otis: 1.8 mi
- Türkân Ilkdemirci: 1.8 mi
- Lilly: 1.9 mi
- The McCabes: 1.9 mi
- Jean: 1.9 mi
- Prairie Spirit: 2.7 mi
- Bicentennial Liberty Bell: 2.9 mi
- Ant Hill: 3.4 mi
- Ant Hill: 3.4 mi
- Tree: 3.4 mi
- Westman Beach: 3.6 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 11.9 mi
- Centennial Beach: 14.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 14.7 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 15.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.8 mi
- Signal Hill: 7.5 mi
- Players Hill: 8.1 mi
- Spruce Hill: 10.1 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 7.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 9.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 15.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 16.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Denning Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 244° | 259 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 278° | 255 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 31° | 204 m | 18.0 mi |
| Players Hill | NE 50° | 187 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel59 obs
- Monarch59 obs
- Cooper's Hawk41 obs
- Northern Cardinal40 obs
- American Robin40 obs
- House Sparrow40 obs
- Black Swallowtail38 obs
- Eastern Cottontail34 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/179749713
Day trips start here
- La Grange · 1 mi
- Western Springs · 1 mi
- Hinsdale · 2 mi
- Brookfield · 3 mi
- Oak Brook · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 6 mi
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