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Lorel Park

Lorel Park from directly overhead

Lorel Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the east, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Klehm Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Skokie Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02892, -87.76035

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Statue of Liberty: 1.5 mi
  • Viking: 2.2 mi
  • Edgebrook: 2.2 mi
  • Lincoln on a Bench: 2.4 mi
  • Sculpture: 2.5 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 16
  • Mount Trashmore: 2.8 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreE 98°204 m2.8 mi
Players HillS 182°187 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

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.

  • lesser celandine277 obs
  • White-tailed Deer156 obs
  • Japanese barberry78 obs
  • prairie trillium76 obs
  • Monarch74 obs
  • creeping thistle69 obs
  • common milkweed68 obs
  • Western Honey Bee64 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/26444751

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