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Devonshire Park

Devonshire Park from directly overhead

Devonshire Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the southeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Street Parkway, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Skokie Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04353, -87.73765

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Davis Street Parkway: 0.2 mi
  • Davis Street Parkway: 0.2 mi
  • Davis Street Parkway: 0.2 mi
  • Davis Street Parkway: 0.2 mi
  • Onöndowa’ga Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Sculpture: 1.0 mi
  • Cartwright Mound: 1.2 mi
  • Trunnion II: 1.4 mi
  • Viking: 1.4 mi
  • La Souterraine: 1.4 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Clark Street Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Dog Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Greenwood Street Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Lee Street Beach: 3.5 mi
  • North Beach: 3.5 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Mount Trashmore: 2.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreSE 130°204 m2.2 mi
Players HillS 188°187 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

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, 7 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee106 obs
  • prairie trillium100 obs
  • Monarch91 obs
  • star-flowered lily-of-the-valley85 obs
  • Western Honey Bee80 obs
  • wild geranium78 obs
  • American Robin73 obs
  • Black Swallowtail68 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/194277232

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