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Hurley Gardens

Hurley Gardens from directly overhead

Hurley Gardens is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 231 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Wexford Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 9.1 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
231 m

What to expect

Operated by
Wheaton Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates41.85313, -88.13400

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wexford Park: 0.1 mi
  • Madison Park: 0.2 mi
  • Westhaven Park: 0.2 mi
  • Firefighters Park: 0.5 mi
  • Jefferson Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • DuPage County Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Memorial Park Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Tragedy To Triumph: 5.1 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • The Spirit of the American Navy: 5.2 mi
Gardens
  • Idea Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Octagon Garden Southeast: 1.0 mi
  • The Courtyard: 2.3 mi
  • Four Seasons Garden: 3.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Picnic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 15
  • Mount Hoy: 2.8 mi
  • Pine Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Rotary Hill: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 6
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lake Strini: 14.4 mi
  • Rain Garden Springs: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundW 273°273 m15.2 mi
Mounded LandfillSSE 161°259 m9.0 mi
Mount HoyWSW 239°255 m2.8 mi
Players HillE 85°187 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232637485969737164523929
Precip in2.22.02.43.84.84.44.34.43.43.62.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 4 mi away.

  • Mallard100 obs
  • American Robin100 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird85 obs
  • Canada Goose79 obs
  • Monarch79 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk74 obs
  • Eastern Forktail67 obs
  • Painted Turtle63 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/779637802

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