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Mather Park

Mather Park from directly overhead

Mather Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Briar Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.98934, -87.70075

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Picnic sites
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
  • Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Lombard Lamp: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Berlin Wall Monument: 1.7 mi
  • The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 1.8 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 16
  • Horner Park Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 2.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 0.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreN 354°204 m2.4 mi
Players HillSSW 204°187 m8.6 mi
Conditions

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 °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer699 obs
  • American Robin529 obs
  • Mallard418 obs
  • Monarch418 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird386 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron380 obs
  • Black Swallowtail371 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee343 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/27825812

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