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Osage Park

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Osage Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 229 m. Camelback Kame stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Falcon Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 23 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
229 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Palatine Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.14944, -88.02220

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Falcon Park: 0.2 mi
  • Long Grove Soccer Park: 0.5 mi
  • Aspen Park: 1.0 mi
  • Creekside Park: 1.1 mi
  • Eagle Park: 1.2 mi
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
  • The Dawning: 2.4 mi
  • Butterfly Statue: 3.1 mi
  • William Dunton: 5.1 mi
  • First Iron Poured: 6.6 mi
  • Polar Bear Statue: 7.0 mi
Gardens
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Garden: 3.2 mi
  • St. Mary of Vernon Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 7.2 mi
  • Vernon Hills Community Garden: 7.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Beaches: 59
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Lakeview Beach and Dock: 6.8 mi
  • Diamond Lake Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 10.5 mi
Peaks: 15
  • sled hill: 10.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 16.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 13.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Camelback KameNW 320°268 m24.5 mi
Mount HoySSW 200°255 m23.4 mi
Bald KnobNNW 330°235 m18.8 mi
Leahy HillNNE 17°234 m19.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 118°204 m18.4 mi
Players HillSE 145°187 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee69 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil50 obs
  • White-tailed Deer48 obs
  • wild bergamot46 obs
  • Sandhill Crane44 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird43 obs
  • Great Egret39 obs
  • Great Blue Heron38 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/266408251

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