Nico Park
Nico Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Miami Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Niles Park District
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 17 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miami Woods: 0.2 mi
- St. Paul Woods: 0.5 mi
- St. Paul Woods: 0.8 mi
- Wayside Woods Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Wayside Woods: 1.1 mi
- Point Park: 0.3 mi
- Kirk Lane Park: 0.5 mi
- Grennan Heights Park: 0.7 mi
- Oasis Water Park: 0.7 mi
- Chesterfield Park: 0.7 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
- Skokie Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 3.0 mi
- KE37-Harry Caray's: 3.2 mi
- KE36-Rivers Casino: 3.3 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 1.3 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 4.5 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 5.7 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 5.8 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 5.8 mi
- Veteran Shrine: 1.6 mi
- Katyn Massacre Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Wildwood Veteran Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Wildwood Chicago Police & Fire Memorial: 1.7 mi
- World War I Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Park Ridge Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Niles Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Skokie Heritage Museum: 2.2 mi
- Emily Oak Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: 2.7 mi
- Kenilworth Beach: 6.5 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 6.5 mi
- Langdon Park Beach: 6.5 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 6.6 mi
- Dog Beach: 6.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 4.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 5.9 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 7.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 4.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 23.9 mi
- Covington Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 24.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.3 mi
- Tedens: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nico Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SW 235° | 255 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 94° | 204 m | 4.8 mi |
| Players Hill | S 171° | 187 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 8 mi away.
- lesser celandine580 obs
- White-tailed Deer260 obs
- garlic mustard150 obs
- Japanese barberry125 obs
- creeping thistle120 obs
- prairie trillium112 obs
- mayapple90 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty79 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/32684959
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 9 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 10 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 11 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 12 mi
- Chicagoland · 12 mi
- Berwyn · 13 mi
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