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Rehm Park

Rehm Park from directly overhead

Rehm Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Park Conservatory, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.6 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Park District of Oak Park

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87078, -87.78813

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Historic sites
  • Dr. DeeDee Farmer: 0.4 mi
  • Mary A. Shepelak: 0.4 mi
  • Joe & Elaine Kadlec: 0.4 mi
  • Scott Snodgrass: 0.5 mi
  • Peace Pole: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • U.S. Map: 0.5 mi
  • Whale: 0.5 mi
  • Pathfinder: 0.8 mi
  • Pod Of Sun Seeds: 0.8 mi
  • Lincoln: The Friendly Neighbor: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Dolphin: 3.4 mi
  • California Sea Lion: 3.4 mi
  • California Sea Lion: 3.4 mi
  • Gray Seal: 3.4 mi
  • Gray Seal: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 7.5 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 237°259 m17.8 mi
Mount HoyW 263°255 m20.3 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 22°204 m11.4 mi
Players HillENE 73°187 m1.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee301 obs
  • Large Milkweed Bug283 obs
  • common milkweed230 obs
  • Western Honey Bee219 obs
  • Monarch211 obs
  • Black Swallowtail161 obs
  • American Robin123 obs
  • rattlesnake master122 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/59267603

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