- Elevation, modelled
- 196 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mounded Landfill259 m · 12.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 662.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8266, -87.8727
Poet's Corner is a park in Illinois, at a modelled 196 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.5 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Poet's Corner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 238° | 259 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 271° | 255 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 32° | 204 m | 16.1 mi |
| Players Hill | ENE 58° | 187 m | 6.4 mi |
- 2.5 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 21.4 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 4 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Stone and Monroe Park: 0.3 mi
- Beach Oak Park: 0.5 mi
- Robin Hood Park: 0.6 mi
- Gordon Park: 0.7 mi
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum: 0.3 mi
- La Grange Area Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Ekdahl House Museum: 1.7 mi
- Western Springs Water Tower: 1.9 mi
- La Grange Park Woods: 0.4 mi
- Salt Creek Woods: 1.2 mi
- Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Brookfield Woods Preserve: 1.8 mi
- McCormick Woods Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Torin's: 0.9 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 1.3 mi
- Fairy Garden: 1.6 mi
- Kesman Garden: 1.6 mi
- Sally Schulz Memorial Butterfly Garden: 2.0 mi
- Prairie Spirit: 1.5 mi
- Bicentennial Liberty Bell: 1.7 mi
- Ant Hill: 1.8 mi
- Tree: 1.8 mi
- Ant Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cannon Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument: 1.7 mi
- Kiwanis Club of Westchester: 1.8 mi
- The Chase Rock: 1.8 mi
- Baboon Island: 2.0 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 1.7 mi
- Golden Lion Tamarins: 1.7 mi
- Mexican Gray Wolf: 1.8 mi
- Saddle Billed Stork: 1.8 mi
- White Stork: 1.8 mi
- Westman Beach: 4.4 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 10.3 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 13.7 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 13.9 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 13.9 mi
- Players Hill: 6.4 mi
- Hidden Hill: 8.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.1 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 11.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.6 mi
- Lake Strini: 17.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 7 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapDay trips start here
- Brookfield · 1 mi
- La Grange · 1 mi
- Western Springs · 1 mi
- Hinsdale · 3 mi
- Oak Brook · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 4 mi
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