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Kamen West Park

Kamen West Park from directly overhead

Kamen West Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the west-southwest, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Kamen East Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 10 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Ridgeville Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02827, -87.68937

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Elks Park Comunity Garden: 0.6 mi
  • James Parks Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Howard Area Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Merrick Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Hello! Howard Garden: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Destination: Points Unknown: 1.1 mi
  • 24/7: 1.1 mi
  • Wind Harp: 1.3 mi
  • La Souterraine: 1.3 mi
  • City Hall Keystone: 1.3 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 0.9 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreWSW 248°204 m0.9 mi
Players HillSSW 201°187 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

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, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail282 obs
  • House Sparrow181 obs
  • American Robin179 obs
  • Monarch170 obs
  • common milkweed167 obs
  • Black Swallowtail149 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee145 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel138 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/32052896

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