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Forest Glen Park

Forest Glen Park from directly overhead

Forest Glen Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Glen Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.1 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
186 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.97760, -87.75455

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Parks
Historic sites
  • Ella Labagh: 0.5 mi
  • Jefferson Park War Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Old Treaty Elm Historic Marker: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 1.1 mi
  • The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Thomas Jefferson Statue: 0.7 mi
  • Quarks VI: 0.7 mi
  • Samuel Gompers Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Edgebrook: 1.4 mi
  • Vasil Levski: 1.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Horner Park Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 4.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 224°259 m23.9 mi
Mount HoyWSW 245°255 m24.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 38°204 m4.0 mi
Players HillS 185°187 m7.1 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1615:3816:23

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer645 obs
  • lesser celandine369 obs
  • Virginia bluebells270 obs
  • American Robin269 obs
  • Great Blue Heron246 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle245 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty211 obs
  • mayapple205 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/133669541

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