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Palma Lane Park

Palma Lane Park from directly overhead

Palma Lane Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the east-southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacobs Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
194 m

What to expect

Operated by
Morton Grove Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05405, -87.78973

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Statue of Liberty: 0.9 mi
  • Glenview Bear: 1.6 mi
  • Viking: 1.8 mi
  • Undercover History: 2.5 mi
  • Lincoln on a Bench: 3.0 mi
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 14
  • Centennial Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 4.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 8.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 5.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreESE 116°204 m4.8 mi
Players HillS 175°187 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
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 °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

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

  • lesser celandine332 obs
  • White-tailed Deer226 obs
  • prairie trillium218 obs
  • large white trillium193 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty187 obs
  • wild geranium154 obs
  • mayapple154 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle135 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/202500582

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