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Meadow Glens Park

Meadow Glens Park from directly overhead

Meadow Glens Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Campus Greens Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.6 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Naperville Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74623, -88.10744

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 0.8 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 5.8 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 6.0 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 6.0 mi
  • Katherine Pavilion - North Picnic Shelter: 10.2 mi
Gardens
  • Oak Savanna: 2.1 mi
  • Healing Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Tree Nursery: 2.7 mi
  • Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Confederate Cannon: 2.8 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors: 2.8 mi
  • Shannower 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • The Spirit of the American Navy: 3.0 mi
  • Tragedy To Triumph: 3.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 17
  • Mounded Landfill: 1.9 mi
  • Rotary Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Pine Hill: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundWNW 296°273 m18.4 mi
Mounded LandfillSE 126°259 m1.9 mi
Mount HoyNNW 328°255 m7.0 mi
Maramech HillWSW 252°196 m23.6 mi
Players HillENE 63°187 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:51
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232637485969737164523929
Precip in2.22.02.43.84.84.44.34.43.43.62.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 5 mi away.

  • Red-winged Blackbird127 obs
  • American Robin108 obs
  • House Finch53 obs
  • Stream Bluet50 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
  • prairie trillium49 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort48 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker45 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/478146495

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