Prairie Lakes Park
Prairie Lakes Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 198 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Westfield Gardens, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 198 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Des Plaines Park District
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 22.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 18 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Westfield Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Hoffman Park: 0.4 mi
- West Park: 0.5 mi
- Westfield Park: 0.6 mi
- Orchard Court: 0.7 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 0.3 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 2.5 mi
- Sugar Shack: 4.4 mi
- Plant identification trail: 4.4 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 6.7 mi
- Kinder House: 1.3 mi
- Des Plaines History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Mount Prospect Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Wildwood Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Museum of Hummels: 3.8 mi
- Northwestern Woods Grove #1: 1.6 mi
- Lions Woods Grove #1: 1.9 mi
- Camp Ground Road Woods Grove #1: 2.0 mi
- Big Bend Lake Grove #1: 2.4 mi
- Iroquois Woods Grove #1: 3.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 1.7 mi
- Wing: 1.9 mi
- Donald E. Stephens: 3.7 mi
- City Windows: 3.7 mi
- Brachiosaurus: 3.8 mi
- Northwestern Woods: 1.7 mi
- Lions Woods: 1.8 mi
- Campground Road Woods: 1.9 mi
- Belleau Wood Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Izaak Walton League of America Des Plaines Chapter 206: 2.1 mi
- Flight 191 Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Belleau Wood Memorial: 2.0 mi
- In Honor of Those Who Served: 3.7 mi
- Edward Butch O'Hare: 4.0 mi
- The Plank Road: 4.1 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 2.6 mi
- KE20: 5.2 mi
- KE19: 5.3 mi
- KE38: 5.5 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 5.7 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 10.9 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 10.9 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 10.9 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 11.0 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 11.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 3.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 6.8 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 10.6 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 12.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 4.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 24.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Lakes Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SSW 202° | 259 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Hoy | SW 225° | 255 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 94° | 204 m | 10.6 mi |
| Players Hill | SE 146° | 187 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- Western Honey Bee26 obs
- Black Swallowtail22 obs
- American pokeweed21 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel20 obs
- Monarch19 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 obs
- ground-ivy17 obs
- common milkweed16 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/207268534
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 13 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 13 mi
- Oak Brook · 14 mi
- Berwyn · 15 mi
- Brookfield · 15 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 15 mi
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