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Larimer Park

Larimer Park from directly overhead

Larimer Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the southwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Merrick Rose Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Evanston Parks & Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04001, -87.68680

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
  • Sea of Ear: 0.5 mi
  • Untitled, 1979: 1.0 mi
  • Man Passing Through the Door, 1966: 1.1 mi
  • Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969: 1.1 mi
  • Interior Form, 1981: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 0.6 mi
  • Weber Arch: 0.9 mi
  • Mahatma Gandhi: 1.3 mi
  • Dr. Janusz Korczak: 1.8 mi
  • Antoine Ouilmette: 2.8 mi
Museums
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 1.5 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 10.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreSW 220°204 m1.5 mi
Players HillSSW 200°187 m12.1 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 Cottontail320 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird200 obs
  • common milkweed199 obs
  • Monarch190 obs
  • American Robin189 obs
  • Black Swallowtail146 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel142 obs
  • Canada Goose141 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/159300580

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