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Howell Park

Howell Park from directly overhead

Howell Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Independence Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

What to expect

Operated by
Evanston Parks & Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06596, -87.70455

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Cartwright Mound: 1.2 mi
  • Sculpture: 1.4 mi
  • Sea of Ear: 1.7 mi
  • Trunnion II: 1.8 mi
  • La Souterraine: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Antoine Ouilmette: 1.2 mi
  • Mahatma Gandhi: 1.5 mi
  • Dr. Janusz Korczak: 1.5 mi
  • Weber Arch: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 1.8 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 2.9 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 10.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 5.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreS 181°204 m2.9 mi
Players HillSSW 194°187 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 7 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail258 obs
  • Monarch193 obs
  • American Robin191 obs
  • Northern Cardinal151 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel143 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird137 obs
  • common milkweed130 obs
  • Black Swallowtail130 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/32709318

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