Hanover Park
Hanover Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Summit Park District
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 2 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Summit Park: 0.6 mi
- Stars & Stripes Park: 0.7 mi
- Valley Forge Park: 0.9 mi
- Legion Park: 0.9 mi
- Normandy Park: 1.1 mi
- Chicago Portage National Historic Site: 0.8 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods South: 1.0 mi
- Stoney Ford Woods: 1.1 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods North: 1.5 mi
- Cermak Woods: 1.6 mi
- Marquette and Joliet Explorer Statue: 0.8 mi
- Mamie Till-Mobley: 1.2 mi
- American Eagle: 1.4 mi
- American Eagle: 1.5 mi
- CPD Officer Ella French: 1.5 mi
- Birthplace of Emmett Till: 1.3 mi
- Solidarity Monument: 1.5 mi
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument: 2.3 mi
- Cannon Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Fairy Garden: 2.3 mi
- Kesman Garden: 2.3 mi
- Family Garden: 2.8 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 3.0 mi
- Torin's: 4.6 mi
- Riverside Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- La Grange Area Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum: 3.9 mi
- Willow Springs Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Emu: 2.8 mi
- Bennet's Wallaby: 2.8 mi
- Red Panda: 2.8 mi
- Reindeer: 2.8 mi
- Parakeet: 2.8 mi
- Westman Beach: 7.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 9.4 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 10.9 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 11.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 11.4 mi
- Players Hill: 6.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.7 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.7 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 10.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 12.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 18.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hanover Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 252° | 259 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 278° | 255 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 19° | 204 m | 16.7 mi |
| Players Hill | NNE 21° | 187 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
- American Robin40 obs
- Monarch35 obs
- White-tailed Deer34 obs
- Eastern Cottontail29 obs
- American pokeweed21 obs
- House Sparrow20 obs
- Black Swallowtail19 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/176388662
Day trips start here
- Berwyn · 3 mi
- Brookfield · 3 mi
- Burbank · 3 mi
- La Grange · 3 mi
- Western Springs · 3 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 4 mi
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