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Osborn Park

Osborn Park from directly overhead

Osborn Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrews Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
218 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Elk Grove Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.02507, -87.98195

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Andrews Park: 0.4 mi
  • Busse Forest Elk Pasture: 0.5 mi
  • Udall Park: 0.5 mi
  • Busse Forest-South: 0.5 mi
  • Appleseed Park: 0.8 mi
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Farmhouse Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Farmhouse Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Rolling Meadows Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Mount Prospect Historical Society: 3.7 mi
  • Itasca Historical Depot Museum: 4.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Illinois Heritage Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 3.9 mi
  • Bob Link Arboretum: 4.0 mi
  • Native Prairie Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.0 mi
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 60
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Glencoe Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Tower Road Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Maple Street Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Cherry Street Beach: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Centennial Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 194°259 m21.0 mi
Mount HoySW 217°255 m16.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 90°204 m14.2 mi
Players HillSE 133°187 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
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 °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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • prairie trillium76 obs
  • wild geranium50 obs
  • white fawnlily46 obs
  • Great Egret46 obs
  • Common Garter Snake44 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty44 obs
  • Ghost Pipe42 obs
  • mayapple40 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/70899113

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