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Edgebrook Park

Edgebrook Park from directly overhead

Edgebrook Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Jeffery Green Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.6 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
189 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00034, -87.76170

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Edgebrook: 0.3 mi
  • Angel Gabriel: 1.6 mi
  • Immaculate Conception: 1.9 mi
  • St Joseph: 1.9 mi
  • St Francis of Assisi: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Museums
Peaks: 18
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.3 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 221°259 m24.8 mi
Mount HoyWSW 242°255 m24.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreENE 61°204 m3.3 mi
Players HillS 182°187 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
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 °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 9 mi away.

  • lesser celandine737 obs
  • White-tailed Deer589 obs
  • prairie trillium293 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty237 obs
  • star-flowered lily-of-the-valley221 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle219 obs
  • white fawnlily217 obs
  • Great Blue Heron208 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/24672500

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