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Maloney Farm Preserve

Maloney Farm Preserve from directly overhead

Maloney Farm Preserve is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Langdon Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

What to expect

Operated by
Kenilworth Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.08891, -87.70335

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • Cartwright Mound: 2.4 mi
  • Sculpture: 2.6 mi
  • Small Twist II, 1978: 2.9 mi
  • Resting Leaf, 1959: 2.9 mi
  • Interior Form, 1981: 2.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 4.5 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.3 mi
  • sled hill: 10.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreS 181°204 m4.5 mi
Players HillSSW 193°187 m15.1 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 solstice07:1715:3816:23

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, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin104 obs
  • Northern Cardinal97 obs
  • Monarch93 obs
  • Mourning Dove80 obs
  • House Sparrow78 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail78 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel75 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee72 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/181912751

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