Happiness Park
Happiness 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 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 22 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 218 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Arlington Heights Park District
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 23 mi
- Des Plaines River · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frontier Park Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Garden: 4.1 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 4.7 mi
- Illinois Heritage Grove: 6.8 mi
- Bob Link Arboretum: 7.2 mi
- Greenbrier Park: 0.4 mi
- Red Park: 0.4 mi
- Frontier Park: 0.4 mi
- Lindberg Park: 0.7 mi
- Rand Connector Parkway: 0.7 mi
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
- Rolling Meadows Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- Raupp Museum: 3.9 mi
- Long Grove Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Sock Monkey Museum: 4.3 mi
- William Dunton: 2.5 mi
- Butterfly Statue: 4.2 mi
- The Dawning: 4.4 mi
- First Iron Poured: 5.0 mi
- Two Steel Dolphins: 5.8 mi
- Deer Grove East Picnic Shelter 4: 2.8 mi
- Deer Grove East Picnic Shelter 3: 2.9 mi
- Deer Grove East Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 3.0 mi
- Deer Grove East Picnic Shelter 2: 3.1 mi
- Deer Grove Picnic Grove 3: 3.9 mi
- Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Deer Grove Forest Preserve - East: 3.2 mi
- Deer Grove Forest Preserve - West: 4.0 mi
- Deer Grove Forest Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Kingsbridge Arboretum: 4.3 mi
- Garden Gate: 3.6 mi
- Unknown Author Stone: 3.6 mi
- K.A.M.P. Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Motorola Retirees Memorial: 4.6 mi
- 1834 Capt. Daniel Wright: 6.3 mi
- K1 Speed: 4.3 mi
- Medieval Times: 5.3 mi
- Sugar Shack: 6.0 mi
- Plant identification trail: 6.1 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 6.3 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 7.5 mi
- Lakeview Beach and Dock: 9.1 mi
- Diamond Lake Beach: 9.2 mi
- Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 12.0 mi
- Millard Beach: 12.1 mi
- sled hill: 10.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 10.8 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 12.3 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 13.7 mi
- Hidden Hill: 13.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 18.2 mi
- Weston: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Happiness Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SSW 205° | 255 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 330° | 235 m | 21.5 mi |
| Leahy Hill | NNE 12° | 234 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 113° | 204 m | 16.3 mi |
| Players Hill | SE 144° | 187 m | 20.4 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 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Monarch39 obs
- Mallard38 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird33 obs
- American Robin32 obs
- Western Honey Bee29 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk28 obs
- Black Swallowtail28 obs
- House Sparrow26 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/607176732
Day trips start here
- Wheaton · 19 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 20 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 20 mi
- Oak Brook · 20 mi
- Downers Grove · 21 mi
- Berwyn · 22 mi
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