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Jacobs Park

Jacobs Park from directly overhead

Jacobs Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the east-southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Palma Lane Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Morton Grove Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04895, -87.78872

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Statue of Liberty: 0.7 mi
  • Viking: 1.9 mi
  • Glenview Bear: 2.0 mi
  • Undercover History: 2.3 mi
  • Lincoln on a Bench: 2.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 15
  • Centennial Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 4.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 5.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreESE 112°204 m4.6 mi
Players HillS 175°187 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
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, 6 mi away.

  • lesser celandine346 obs
  • White-tailed Deer226 obs
  • prairie trillium216 obs
  • large white trillium190 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty181 obs
  • wild geranium151 obs
  • mayapple147 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort131 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1421300904

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