Kopp Park
Kopp Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Frost Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mount Prospect Park District
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 21.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frost Park: 0.6 mi
- Countryside Park: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.7 mi
- Einstein Park: 0.8 mi
- Weller Creek Park: 1.0 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 1.7 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 3.2 mi
- Sugar Shack: 4.8 mi
- Plant identification trail: 4.8 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park: 6.3 mi
- Mount Prospect Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Kinder House: 2.9 mi
- Des Plaines History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Rolling Meadows Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 2.0 mi
- Frontier Park Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Illinois Heritage Grove: 5.9 mi
- Bob Link Arboretum: 6.1 mi
- KE20: 6.7 mi
- Hill Street Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- Kingsbridge Arboretum: 2.7 mi
- Lions Woods: 3.0 mi
- Busse Forest Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Northwestern Woods: 3.3 mi
- Busse Forest-South Grove 8: 2.8 mi
- Busse Forest-South Grove 7: 2.8 mi
- Busse Forest-South Grove 9: 2.9 mi
- Busse Forest-South Grove 10: 2.9 mi
- Busse Forest-North Grove 1: 2.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 3.2 mi
- Wing: 3.3 mi
- William Dunton: 3.5 mi
- City Windows: 4.5 mi
- Brachiosaurus: 4.6 mi
- Flight 191 Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Belleau Wood Memorial: 3.5 mi
- In Honor of Those Who Served: 4.7 mi
- Edward Butch O'Hare: 4.8 mi
- The Plank Road: 5.0 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 12.1 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 12.1 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 12.1 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 12.2 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 12.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 5.4 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 8.0 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 11.1 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 12.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 23.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 13.6 mi
- Covington Bluff: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kopp Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SSW 198° | 259 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Hoy | SW 220° | 255 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 95° | 204 m | 12.3 mi |
| Players Hill | SE 142° | 187 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Cottontail25 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel20 obs
- American Robin16 obs
- Monarch16 obs
- House Finch15 obs
- Western Honey Bee13 obs
- American pokeweed13 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee13 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/96750654
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 14 mi
- Oak Brook · 14 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 15 mi
- Wheaton · 15 mi
- Berwyn · 16 mi
- Brookfield · 16 mi
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