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Frontier Park

Frontier Park from directly overhead

Frontier Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Frontier Park Gardens, a garden 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 22 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
218 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Arlington Heights Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.11229, -87.99331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 4.3 mi
  • Illinois Heritage Grove: 6.7 mi
  • Bob Link Arboretum: 7.1 mi
Parks
Museums
  • Arlington Heights Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Rolling Meadows Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Raupp Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Long Grove Historical Society: 4.4 mi
  • Mount Prospect Historical Society: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • William Dunton: 2.1 mi
  • Butterfly Statue: 4.4 mi
  • The Dawning: 4.6 mi
  • First Iron Poured: 5.0 mi
  • Two Steel Dolphins: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches: 60
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Lakeview Beach and Dock: 9.3 mi
  • Diamond Lake Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Millard Beach: 11.9 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Centennial Hill: 10.4 mi
  • sled hill: 10.5 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoySSW 206°255 m21.6 mi
Bald KnobNNW 330°235 m21.8 mi
Leahy HillN 11°234 m22.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 112°204 m16.0 mi
Players HillSE 145°187 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:5020:32
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard42 obs
  • Monarch41 obs
  • American Robin36 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird35 obs
  • Western Honey Bee32 obs
  • Black Swallowtail31 obs
  • House Sparrow30 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail29 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/607177871

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