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Jewett Park

Jewett Park from directly overhead

Jewett Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 206 m. Bald Knob stands 235 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Maplewood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 22 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
206 m

What to expect

Operated by
Deerfield Park Ditrict

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16965, -87.84853

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Maplewood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kipling Park: 0.4 mi
  • Deerfield Historic Village: 0.5 mi
  • Walden Park: 0.6 mi
  • Shepard Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • The Magic Rock: 1.6 mi
  • Model Railroad Garden: 3.3 mi
  • K1 Speed: 4.7 mi
  • Plant identification trail: 5.5 mi
  • Sugar Shack: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Museums
Beaches: 58
  • Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Millard Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Millard Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Glencoe Beach: 5.5 mi
Peaks: 12
  • sled hill: 2.9 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 12.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 14.8 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 12.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNW 309°235 m23.6 mi
Leahy HillN 350°234 m18.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreSE 144°204 m12.5 mi
Players HillSSE 168°187 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
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, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch230 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
  • Black Swallowtail43 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee40 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail39 obs
  • American Robin25 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee25 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee25 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/583795355

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