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Kelly Park

Kelly Park from directly overhead

Kelly Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the west-southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 10 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

What to expect

Operated by
Evanston Parks & Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02912, -87.67269

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Gardens
  • Elks Park Comunity Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Howard Area Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Hello! Howard Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Merrick Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
  • James Parks Gardens: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Destination: Points Unknown: 0.7 mi
  • 24/7: 0.7 mi
  • A Neighborhood Piazza: 0.9 mi
  • Coloribbean Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Mile of Murals: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 1.7 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreWSW 257°204 m1.7 mi
Players HillSSW 205°187 m11.7 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, 10 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail338 obs
  • American Robin224 obs
  • House Sparrow216 obs
  • common milkweed212 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird201 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull177 obs
  • Canada Goose174 obs
  • Monarch173 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/166098813

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