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Mulberry Point Park

Mulberry Point Park from directly overhead

Mulberry Point Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Norwood Circle Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 10 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.98810, -87.80272

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Norwood Park Water Fountain: 1.2 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Katyn Massacre Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Veteran Shrine: 1.3 mi
Museums
  • Norwood Park Historical Society: 0.5 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.7 mi
  • Museum of Hummels: 3.2 mi
  • Irish American Heritage Center: 3.4 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Immaculate Conception: 0.9 mi
  • St Francis of Assisi: 0.9 mi
  • St Joseph: 0.9 mi
  • St Maximilian Kolbe: 1.0 mi
  • Holy Family: 1.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 5.6 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 219°259 m22.8 mi
Mount HoyWSW 241°255 m22.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreENE 64°204 m5.6 mi
Players HillSSE 167°187 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
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, 7 mi away.

  • lesser celandine460 obs
  • White-tailed Deer201 obs
  • prairie trillium128 obs
  • garlic mustard123 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel101 obs
  • mayapple96 obs
  • white fawnlily85 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit83 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/913385276

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