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Highlands Park

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Highlands Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 219 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie and Lathem Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.6 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
219 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Geneva Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.86523, -88.30193

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prairie and Lathem Park: 0.5 mi
  • Laurelwood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hamlet Park: 0.9 mi
  • Batavia Riverwalk: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
  • Reflections: 3.5 mi
  • Wind Emotions: 3.5 mi
  • Lion of Cantigny: 7.5 mi
  • Mastodon Statue: 8.8 mi
  • Cannons: 8.8 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • St. James Farm Preserve: 7.4 mi
  • Blackberry Carousel: 8.3 mi
  • Paintball Explosion: 15.7 mi
  • Goebbert's Farm & Garden Center of South Barrington: 15.8 mi
  • Sycamore Speedway: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 8.2 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 8.4 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 8.6 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 8.6 mi
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Johnson’s Mound: 6.5 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 6.7 mi
  • Rotary Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Pine Hill: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Highlands Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundW 269°273 m6.5 mi
Mounded LandfillSE 129°259 m14.8 mi
Mount HoyESE 110°255 m6.7 mi
Maramech HillSW 218°196 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5020:33
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232738496070747265523928
Precip in1.31.22.03.44.33.63.63.83.03.02.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago W Chicago Dupage AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard79 obs
  • Great Blue Heron70 obs
  • Canada Goose69 obs
  • prairie trillium65 obs
  • Great Egret62 obs
  • mayapple51 obs
  • Siberian squill50 obs
  • American pokeweed45 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/493048791

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