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Maple Park

Maple Park from directly overhead

Maple Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south-southwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Catherine Waugh McCulloch Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Wilmette Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07172, -87.69129

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Antoine Ouilmette: 0.6 mi
  • Weber Arch: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 1.8 mi
  • Mahatma Gandhi: 2.1 mi
  • Dr. Janusz Korczak: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Small Twist II, 1978: 1.6 mi
  • Interior Form, 1981: 1.6 mi
  • Resting Leaf, 1959: 1.6 mi
  • Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969: 1.6 mi
  • Curved Form, 1961: 1.6 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.4 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreSSW 192°204 m3.4 mi
Players HillSSW 196°187 m14.1 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, 7 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail270 obs
  • American Robin197 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird192 obs
  • Monarch176 obs
  • Northern Cardinal143 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel140 obs
  • common milkweed133 obs
  • Canada Goose127 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/32605421

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