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Jackman Park

Jackman Park from directly overhead

Jackman Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenview Bear, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Glenview Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07442, -87.80623

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Glenview Bear: 0.0 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 2.5 mi
  • Viking: 2.8 mi
  • Undercover History: 3.4 mi
  • Sculpture: 4.1 mi
Parks
  • Sleepy Hollow Park: 0.3 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tall Trees Park: 0.5 mi
  • Judy Beck Park: 0.6 mi
  • Swenson Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 15
  • Centennial Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 6.3 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.8 mi
  • sled hill: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 6.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Leahy HillNNW 348°234 m24.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreSE 124°204 m6.3 mi
Players HillS 172°187 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
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, 5 mi away.

  • large white trillium105 obs
  • prairie trillium105 obs
  • wild geranium80 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty80 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort70 obs
  • mayapple69 obs
  • white fawnlily68 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle60 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/35085553

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