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Estates Tot Lot

Estates Tot Lot from directly overhead

Estates Tot Lot is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hope Union Heritage Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 19 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
199 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12893, -87.82036

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Historic sites
  • Dixon Prairie: 1.9 mi
  • The Sower Alcove: 2.0 mi
  • Trail Marker Tree: 2.2 mi
  • The Woodland Edge: 2.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.6 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches: 59
  • Glencoe Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Millard Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Millard Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Tower Road Beach: 4.6 mi
Peaks: 11
  • sled hill: 5.7 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 9.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 11.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Leahy HillNNW 347°234 m21.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreSE 141°204 m9.4 mi
Players HillS 171°187 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
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, 2 mi away.

  • Canadian lousewort200 obs
  • eastern shooting star141 obs
  • rattlesnake master115 obs
  • leadplant103 obs
  • compass plant100 obs
  • Painted-cup paintbrush99 obs
  • common cowparsnip95 obs
  • bloodroot93 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/1467119220

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