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Janura Park

Janura Park from directly overhead

Janura Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Baseball Alley, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.7 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

What to expect

Operated by
Berwyn Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates41.83894, -87.78937

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Baseball Alley: 0.2 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lesak Park: 0.3 mi
  • Serenity Park: 0.3 mi
  • Edward A. Karasek Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Showmen's Rest: 1.7 mi
  • Gold Star of the World War: 2.0 mi
  • Honor Roll: 2.0 mi
  • Isabelle Jones: 2.0 mi
  • Kathy Garrigan: 2.0 mi
Museums
  • Riverside Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
  • 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Brookfield Historical Society: 3.0 mi
  • Oak Park River Forest Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Dolphin: 2.1 mi
  • California Sea Lion: 2.1 mi
  • California Sea Lion: 2.2 mi
  • Gray Seal: 2.2 mi
  • Gray Seal: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 19
  • Players Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 7.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Lake Strini: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 243°259 m16.7 mi
Mount HoyW 269°255 m20.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 19°204 m13.5 mi
Players HillNNE 24°187 m2.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch253 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee245 obs
  • Black Swallowtail145 obs
  • American pokeweed92 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle81 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee76 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel74 obs
  • white snakeroot68 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/39270124

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