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Lauth Park

Lauth Park from directly overhead

Lauth Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the east-southeast, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mamaceqtaw Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Skokie Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02721, -87.72908

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
  • Trunnion II: 1.3 mi
  • La Souterraine: 1.3 mi
  • Sculpture: 2.0 mi
  • Cartwright Mound: 2.2 mi
  • City Hall Keystone: 2.2 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
Beaches
Peaks: 15
  • Mount Trashmore: 1.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 7.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreESE 102°204 m1.2 mi
Players HillS 191°187 m10.7 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, 8 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee94 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee94 obs
  • Monarch72 obs
  • Black Swallowtail67 obs
  • common milkweed63 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail59 obs
  • Canada Goose58 obs
  • American Robin56 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/28563887

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