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Kendall Park

Kendall Park from directly overhead

Kendall Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is DuPage Children's Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Naperville Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.78061, -88.14906

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Honor Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Healing Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Bobolink Meadow: 4.1 mi
  • Tree Nursery: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 2.5 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 3.2 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 3.2 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 3.4 mi
  • Katherine Pavilion - North Picnic Shelter: 12.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 16
  • Rotary Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 3.9 mi
  • Pine Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundWNW 292°273 m15.5 mi
Mounded LandfillSE 134°259 m5.0 mi
Mount HoyNNW 336°255 m3.9 mi
Maramech HillWSW 244°196 m22.5 mi
Players HillENE 71°187 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232637485969737164523929
Precip in2.22.02.43.84.84.44.34.43.43.62.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 5 mi away.

  • Cassin's 17-year Cicada146 obs
  • Mallard138 obs
  • American Robin78 obs
  • Canada Goose68 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee67 obs
  • Monarch60 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail57 obs
  • Great Blue Heron51 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/211663148

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