North School Park
North School Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is William Dunton, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 20 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 212 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Arlington Heights Park District
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 21.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 22 mi
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- William Dunton: 0.2 mi
- First Iron Poured: 4.4 mi
- Two Steel Dolphins: 5.6 mi
- Heroic Encounter: 5.9 mi
- Thought - Rise in Vacuum I: 5.9 mi
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Rolling Meadows Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
- Mount Prospect Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 5.0 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Harmony Park: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Recreation Park: 0.3 mi
- Festival Park: 0.4 mi
- Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Frontier Park Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 2.7 mi
- Illinois Heritage Grove: 5.6 mi
- Garden: 5.8 mi
- Bob Link Arboretum: 6.0 mi
- Kingsbridge Arboretum: 2.3 mi
- Hill Street Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Busse Forest Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Busse Lake Boating Center Grove: 4.2 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-West: 4.6 mi
- Busse Forest-North Grove 2: 3.5 mi
- Busse Forest-North Grove 1: 3.8 mi
- Busse Forest-South Grove 7: 4.3 mi
- Busse Forest-South Grove 8: 4.3 mi
- Busse Forest-South Grove 16: 4.3 mi
- Garden Gate: 3.6 mi
- Unknown Author Stone: 3.6 mi
- K.A.M.P. Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Motorola Retirees Memorial: 4.0 mi
- The Plank Road: 6.0 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 4.6 mi
- Sugar Shack: 5.0 mi
- Plant identification trail: 5.0 mi
- Medieval Times: 5.1 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 5.2 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 9.7 mi
- Lakeview Beach and Dock: 11.2 mi
- Diamond Lake Beach: 11.3 mi
- Millard Beach: 12.2 mi
- Millard Beach: 12.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.7 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 11.3 mi
- sled hill: 11.3 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 11.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 11.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.0 mi
- Covington Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 16.5 mi
- Weston: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North School Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SSW 210° | 255 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 331° | 235 m | 23.7 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 9° | 234 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 107° | 204 m | 14.8 mi |
| Players Hill | SE 143° | 187 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 5 mi away.
- Monarch42 obs
- Western Honey Bee34 obs
- Black Swallowtail31 obs
- American Goldfinch22 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
- Northern Cardinal18 obs
- Eastern Cottontail18 obs
- Cooper's Hawk18 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/127584453
Day trips start here
- Wheaton · 17 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 18 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 18 mi
- Oak Brook · 18 mi
- Berwyn · 19 mi
- Brookfield · 19 mi
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