Hickory Meadows Park
Hickory Meadows Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 209 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Slopes Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 21 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 209 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Arlington Heights Park District
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 22.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 23 mi
- Des Plaines River · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Slopes Park: 0.2 mi
- Arlington Greens Park: 0.2 mi
- Carriage Walk Park: 0.7 mi
- Hasbrook Park: 0.8 mi
- Klehm Park: 0.9 mi
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- Rolling Meadows Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Mount Prospect Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 4.6 mi
- William Dunton: 1.2 mi
- Butterfly Statue: 5.0 mi
- First Iron Poured: 5.2 mi
- The Dawning: 5.5 mi
- Two Steel Dolphins: 6.3 mi
- Frontier Park Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 3.0 mi
- Garden: 4.8 mi
- Illinois Heritage Grove: 6.6 mi
- Bob Link Arboretum: 7.0 mi
- Hill Street Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Kingsbridge Arboretum: 3.4 mi
- Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 4.3 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 4.3 mi
- Garden Gate: 4.1 mi
- Unknown Author Stone: 4.1 mi
- K.A.M.P. Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Motorola Retirees Memorial: 4.7 mi
- The Plank Road: 5.8 mi
- Massasauga Family Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-West Grove #2: 4.4 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #2: 4.4 mi
- Dam No. 2 Woods Grove #1: 4.4 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1: 4.4 mi
- K1 Speed: 4.4 mi
- Sugar Shack: 4.6 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 4.6 mi
- Plant identification trail: 4.7 mi
- Medieval Times: 5.8 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 9.2 mi
- Lakeview Beach and Dock: 10.3 mi
- Diamond Lake Beach: 10.3 mi
- Millard Beach: 11.4 mi
- Millard Beach: 11.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.1 mi
- sled hill: 10.4 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 12.1 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 12.2 mi
- Hidden Hill: 12.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Covington Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 16.6 mi
- Weston: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hickory Meadows Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SSW 210° | 255 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 329° | 235 m | 23.0 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 8° | 234 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 111° | 204 m | 14.8 mi |
| Players Hill | SE 146° | 187 m | 18.8 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, 4 mi away.
- Monarch42 obs
- Mallard40 obs
- Canada Goose35 obs
- Western Honey Bee34 obs
- Eastern Cottontail33 obs
- American Robin32 obs
- Black Swallowtail31 obs
- House Sparrow28 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/506799682
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 18 mi
- Wheaton · 18 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 19 mi
- Oak Brook · 19 mi
- Berwyn · 20 mi
- Brookfield · 20 mi
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