Greenfield Park
Greenfield Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Bald Knob stands 235 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Coast Guard Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 20 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 202 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Northbrook Park District
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 25 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coast Guard Park: 0.6 mi
- Glenbrook Countryside Park: 1.1 mi
- Indian Ridge Park: 1.2 mi
- Keller Park: 1.3 mi
- Shepard Park: 1.3 mi
- Somme Prairie Grove Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Glenbrook North High School Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Chipilly Woods: 2.4 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East: 2.6 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 2.6 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 1.6 mi
- Northfield Inn: 1.7 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Kohl Childrens Museum: 3.6 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 3.7 mi
- Trail Marker Tree: 1.8 mi
- Lions Club: 1.8 mi
- The Sower Alcove: 3.1 mi
- Dixon Prairie: 3.1 mi
- The Woodland Edge: 3.3 mi
- Organic Teaching Garden: 2.4 mi
- Moraine Township Food Pantry Garden: 2.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.1 mi
- Chicago Botanical Garden: 3.2 mi
- Hilltop Garden: 3.2 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1: 2.5 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #2: 2.6 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 2.6 mi
- Massasauga Family Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Allison Woods Grove #1: 3.4 mi
- The Magic Rock: 2.9 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 3.1 mi
- Plant identification trail: 3.7 mi
- Sugar Shack: 3.7 mi
- K1 Speed: 4.6 mi
- Canada Goose: 3.1 mi
- The Sower: 3.1 mi
- The Rookery: 3.2 mi
- Cuddly Lion: 3.2 mi
- Guardian: 3.2 mi
- Millard Beach: 4.5 mi
- Millard Beach: 4.5 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 4.6 mi
- Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 4.7 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 5.2 mi
- sled hill: 4.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.3 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 11.1 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 12.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 13.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Greenfield Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 313° | 235 m | 24.8 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 351° | 234 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SE 138° | 204 m | 11.1 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 167° | 187 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 3 mi away.
- Canadian lousewort194 obs
- eastern shooting star123 obs
- rattlesnake master99 obs
- Painted-cup paintbrush94 obs
- bloodroot92 obs
- common cowparsnip92 obs
- American gromwell83 obs
- prairie trillium81 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/178231922
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 17 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 18 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 19 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 20 mi
- Chicagoland · 20 mi
- Berwyn · 21 mi
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