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Park No. 538

Park No. 538 from directly overhead

Park No. 538 is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincolnwood Centennial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.9 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00492, -87.70976

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lincolnwood Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Chippewa Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lerner Park: 0.3 mi
  • Drake Park: 0.5 mi
  • North Boundary Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Menorah: 0.6 mi
  • City Hall Keystone: 0.9 mi
  • Wind Harp: 1.0 mi
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe: 1.5 mi
  • Jetty: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 2.1 mi
  • Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 2.1 mi
  • Old Treaty Elm Historic Marker: 2.1 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Mount Trashmore: 1.3 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 1.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Park No. 538. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreN 10°204 m1.3 mi
Players HillSSW 198°187 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

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, 10 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer478 obs
  • American Robin261 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird260 obs
  • Virginia bluebells244 obs
  • Monarch228 obs
  • Pond Slider216 obs
  • Canada Goose215 obs
  • Mallard214 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/218388012

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