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Northwest Park

Northwest Park from directly overhead

Northwest Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Francis Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
194 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Park Ridge Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.03011, -87.85691

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Museums
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 0.9 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 1.6 mi
  • Des Plaines History Museum: 1.6 mi
  • Kinder House: 1.6 mi
  • Niles Historical Society: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 7.8 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 9.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 209°259 m23.6 mi
Mount HoySW 231°255 m21.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 93°204 m7.8 mi
Players HillSSE 157°187 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3816:24

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • bur oak49 obs
  • Monarch37 obs
  • House Sparrow33 obs
  • American Toad31 obs
  • Mallard30 obs
  • White-tailed Deer30 obs
  • Black Swallowtail28 obs
  • mayapple22 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/205426342

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