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Edison Park

Edison Park from directly overhead

Edison Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is World War I Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
199 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00388, -87.81748

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • World War I Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Norwood Park Water Fountain: 1.0 mi
  • Veteran Shrine: 1.1 mi
  • Katyn Massacre Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 1.3 mi
Parks
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 1.3 mi
  • Norwood Park Historical Society: 1.8 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 2.3 mi
  • Museum of Hummels: 2.5 mi
  • Niles Historical Society: 2.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 5.9 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 215°259 m23.2 mi
Mount HoyWSW 238°255 m22.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreENE 77°204 m5.9 mi
Players HillSSE 164°187 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
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, 7 mi away.

  • lesser celandine440 obs
  • White-tailed Deer150 obs
  • garlic mustard114 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel99 obs
  • prairie trillium87 obs
  • creeping thistle78 obs
  • Monarch65 obs
  • Black Swallowtail65 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/194717593

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