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Norwood Circle Park

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

The record

What the record says

Elevation
198 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.98938, -87.80491

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Norwood Park Water Fountain: 1.1 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Katyn Massacre Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Veteran Shrine: 1.2 mi
Museums
  • Norwood Park Historical Society: 0.6 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.5 mi
  • Museum of Hummels: 3.0 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 3.4 mi
  • Irish American Heritage Center: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Immaculate Conception: 0.8 mi
  • St Francis of Assisi: 0.8 mi
  • St Joseph: 0.9 mi
  • St Maximilian Kolbe: 0.9 mi
  • Holy Family: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 5.6 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 218°259 m22.8 mi
Mount HoyWSW 241°255 m22.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreENE 65°204 m5.6 mi
Players HillSSE 166°187 m8.1 mi
Conditions

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • lesser celandine454 obs
  • White-tailed Deer191 obs
  • prairie trillium123 obs
  • garlic mustard121 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel107 obs
  • mayapple93 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty80 obs
  • Canadian lousewort79 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/166390629

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