Pohatan Park
Pohatan Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the east-northeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Norman Schack Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.9 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Skokie Park District
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Norman Schack Park: 0.5 mi
- M. Lester Flowers Park: 0.5 mi
- Laramie Park: 0.5 mi
- Kenneth Park: 0.6 mi
- G.G. Rowell Park: 0.7 mi
- Emily Oak Nature Center: 0.9 mi
- Exploratorium: 1.2 mi
- Skokie Heritage Museum: 1.3 mi
- North Park Village Nature Center: 2.0 mi
- Norwood Park Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Emily Oaks Nature Center: 0.9 mi
- Edgebrook Woods: 1.4 mi
- Indian Road Woods Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Thaddeus S. "Ted" Lechowicz Woods: 1.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Arch: 1.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Edgebrook: 1.1 mi
- Angel Gabriel: 2.3 mi
- Menorah: 2.5 mi
- St Joseph: 2.6 mi
- Immaculate Conception: 2.6 mi
- Skokie Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- James Parks Gardens: 2.5 mi
- KE18: 2.6 mi
- KE39-Hyatt Regency: 2.6 mi
- KE21: 2.6 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 1.7 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 1.8 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 5.5 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 6.2 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 7.7 mi
- South Boulevard Beach: 4.4 mi
- Juneway Beach: 4.4 mi
- Rogers Beach: 4.5 mi
- Howard Beach: 4.5 mi
- Fargo Beach: 4.5 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 2.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 4.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 5.0 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.0 mi
- Hidden Hill: 6.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 5.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 23.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 23.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 3.5 mi
- Tedens: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pohatan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | ENE 67° | 204 m | 2.5 mi |
| Players Hill | S 186° | 187 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 9 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer191 obs
- lesser celandine154 obs
- prairie trillium119 obs
- Dryad's Saddle107 obs
- star-flowered lily-of-the-valley98 obs
- Virginia bluebells88 obs
- mayapple86 obs
- American Robin83 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/586384143
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 6 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 8 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 8 mi
- Chicagoland · 9 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 10 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 10 mi
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