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G.G. Rowell Park

G.G. Rowell Park from directly overhead

G.G. Rowell Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.5 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

What to expect

Operated by
Lincolnwood Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00069, -87.75484

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Edgebrook: 0.5 mi
  • Angel Gabriel: 2.0 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Samuel Gompers Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Immaculate Conception: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks: 17
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.0 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoyWSW 242°255 m24.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreENE 58°204 m3.0 mi
Players HillS 184°187 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
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 °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, 10 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer701 obs
  • lesser celandine581 obs
  • Virginia bluebells273 obs
  • prairie trillium262 obs
  • American Robin250 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle249 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty243 obs
  • Great Blue Heron231 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/194573967

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