Gouin Park
Gouin Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mannheim Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.7 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 195 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Veterans Park District
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 22.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mannheim Park: 0.4 mi
- Chestnut Park: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.8 mi
- Timber Park: 0.8 mi
- James Park: 1.0 mi
- Casa Italia: 1.5 mi
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History: 3.3 mi
- Elmhurst Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
- Elmhurst Art Museum: 3.9 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 4.4 mi
- Burial Site of Josette Beaubien: 1.7 mi
- Kiddieland: 2.2 mi
- Serpent Twin Mound: 2.4 mi
- Sistie’s Garden: 3.0 mi
- Sister Benita Newhouse, O.P.: 3.0 mi
- Fullerton Woods Family Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Indian Boundary Family Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Fullerton Woods Grove #1: 2.0 mi
- Jerome Huppert Woods Grove #1: 2.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-South Grove #15: 2.4 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 2.0 mi
- Fullerton Woods: 2.1 mi
- Jerome Huppert Woods: 2.2 mi
- Seymour Simon Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Irving Park Road Canoe Landing: 2.4 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 2.6 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 4.2 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 4.4 mi
- Addax: 6.4 mi
- Grevy's Zebra: 6.4 mi
- Fred Hampton: 3.2 mi
- Cougar Pride: 3.7 mi
- The Runners: 3.8 mi
- Shrouded Body: 3.8 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Replica: 3.9 mi
- Westman Beach: 8.6 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 8.9 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 12.3 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 12.3 mi
- Glenlake Avenue Beach: 12.4 mi
- Hidden Hill: 2.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 2.9 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.0 mi
- Players Hill: 6.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 9.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 4.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 17.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 10.6 mi
- Lake Strini: 22.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Covington Bluff: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gouin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 218° | 259 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 248° | 255 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 52° | 204 m | 11.2 mi |
| Players Hill | ESE 120° | 187 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- common milkweed93 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel70 obs
- American Robin41 obs
- House Sparrow40 obs
- Monarch34 obs
- Eastern Cottontail26 obs
- White-tailed Deer25 obs
- yellow trout lily22 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/31126249
Day trips start here
- Berwyn · 7 mi
- Brookfield · 7 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 7 mi
- Oak Brook · 7 mi
- Cicero · 8 mi
- La Grange · 8 mi
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