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Mawman Park

Mawman Park from directly overhead

Mawman Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Artesian Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 29 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
210 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27592, -87.84828

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • McClure Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Revery Prairie: 2.1 mi
  • Elawa Farm: 2.1 mi
  • Student Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 3.2 mi
Attractions
  • F-14 Tomcat: 2.2 mi
  • The Magic Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Krazy Kars: 7.5 mi
  • ZoomJets: 7.5 mi
  • Up, Up & Away: 7.5 mi
Artworks
  • 23: 5.2 mi
  • Finger Sculpture: 5.8 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 5.9 mi
  • Traveler: 6.0 mi
  • Jack Benny Monument: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites
Beaches: 58
  • Sunrise Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Forest Park Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Independence Grove Beach: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 9
  • sled hill: 4.6 mi
  • Leahy Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 18.6 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 18.9 mi
  • Bald Knob: 19.8 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gander MountainNW 311°283 m23.1 mi
Bald KnobWNW 293°235 m19.8 mi
Leahy HillNNW 343°234 m10.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreSSE 157°204 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:5020:32
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3716:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636455767727164524029

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukegan, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee105 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee66 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee59 obs
  • large white trillium55 obs
  • Virginia bluebells42 obs
  • common jewelweed41 obs
  • prairie trillium41 obs
  • common cowparsnip38 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/560104329

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