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Einstein Park

Einstein Park from directly overhead

Einstein Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Friendship Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Mount Prospect Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03411, -87.92926

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums
  • Mount Prospect Historical Society: 2.1 mi
  • Kinder House: 2.2 mi
  • Des Plaines History Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 3.8 mi
  • Museum of Hummels: 4.4 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 11.5 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 12.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 200°259 m22.3 mi
Mount HoySW 223°255 m19.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 94°204 m11.5 mi
Players HillSE 143°187 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee17 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail14 obs
  • Monarch13 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • American pokeweed12 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/30034672

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