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Mary Berkmeier Quinn Park of Trees

Mary Berkmeier Quinn Park of Trees from directly overhead

Mary Berkmeier Quinn Park of Trees is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgebrook Woods, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.6 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Chicago Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.99558, -87.77061

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Edgebrook: 0.4 mi
  • Angel Gabriel: 1.3 mi
  • Immaculate Conception: 1.5 mi
  • St Joseph: 1.5 mi
  • St Francis of Assisi: 1.5 mi
Parks
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Museums
Beaches
Peaks: 18
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.9 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 221°259 m24.2 mi
Mount HoyWSW 242°255 m23.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreENE 60°204 m3.9 mi
Players HillS 179°187 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
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 °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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • lesser celandine697 obs
  • White-tailed Deer512 obs
  • prairie trillium234 obs
  • Great Blue Heron197 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle197 obs
  • mayapple192 obs
  • American Robin186 obs
  • white fawnlily182 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/24823660

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