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Evergreen Park

Evergreen Park from directly overhead

Evergreen Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Banta Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 19 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
205 m

What to expect

Operated by
Arlington Heights Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07788, -87.96061

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 1.5 mi
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Illinois Heritage Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Bob Link Arboretum: 6.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Glencoe Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Millard Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Millard Beach: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Centennial Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 10.7 mi
  • sled hill: 11.1 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 194°259 m24.8 mi
Mount HoySSW 214°255 m20.4 mi
Bald KnobNNW 329°235 m24.7 mi
Leahy HillN 6°234 m24.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 106°204 m13.6 mi
Players HillSE 145°187 m17.1 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 solstice07:1815:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail25 obs
  • Black Swallowtail24 obs
  • Mourning Dove22 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel18 obs
  • American pokeweed18 obs
  • Monarch18 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee17 obs
  • American Robin16 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/269654075

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