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Maine Park

Maine Park from directly overhead

Maine Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildwood Nature Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
190 m

What to expect

Operated by
Park Ridge Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01619, -87.85873

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 0.0 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 1.6 mi
  • Museum of Hummels: 1.7 mi
  • Kinder House: 2.1 mi
  • Des Plaines History Museum: 2.1 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 7.9 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 210°259 m22.8 mi
Mount HoySW 233°255 m20.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 86°204 m7.9 mi
Players HillSSE 154°187 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3816:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 5 mi away.

  • bur oak48 obs
  • Monarch47 obs
  • Great Egret47 obs
  • White-tailed Deer45 obs
  • American Toad41 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron38 obs
  • Mallard38 obs
  • House Sparrow36 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/230260099

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