Rogers Beach Park
Rogers Beach Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the west, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rogers Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 177 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rogers Beach: 0.0 mi
- Juneway Beach: 0.1 mi
- Howard Beach: 0.2 mi
- Fargo Beach: 0.3 mi
- Marion Mahoney Griffin Beach: 0.4 mi
- Juneway Terrace Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Howard Beach Park: 0.2 mi
- Fargo Beach Park: 0.3 mi
- Willye B. White Park: 0.4 mi
- Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park: 0.4 mi
- Hello! Howard Garden: 0.4 mi
- Howard Area Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Elks Park Comunity Garden: 0.7 mi
- Winthrop Garden: 1.4 mi
- The Ruby Garden: 1.6 mi
- A Neighborhood Piazza: 0.5 mi
- Destination: Points Unknown: 0.5 mi
- 24/7: 0.5 mi
- Coloribbean Mural: 0.5 mi
- Mile of Murals: 0.7 mi
- Loyola Dunes: 1.1 mi
- Indian Boundary Nature Play Center: 1.7 mi
- Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- West Ridge Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Ladd Arboretum: 3.1 mi
- Salvadoran Martyrs Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 2.0 mi
- Weber Arch: 2.2 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 2.9 mi
- Dr. Janusz Korczak: 3.4 mi
- Evanston History Center: 1.6 mi
- Leather Archives and Museum: 1.6 mi
- Edgewater Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Evanston Ecology Center: 3.1 mi
- Swedish American Museum: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 17: 3.3 mi
- Ackerman Park Picnic Tables: 3.7 mi
- Peterson Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Picnic: 4.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 16: 4.2 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 3.3 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 3.6 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 6.2 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 6.6 mi
- Polar Bears: 6.9 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 2.1 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 4.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.4 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.2 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 2.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rogers Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | W 274° | 204 m | 2.1 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 208° | 187 m | 11.4 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 | 07:16 | 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, 10 mi away.
- Eastern Cottontail341 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel246 obs
- House Sparrow244 obs
- American Robin230 obs
- Mourning Dove172 obs
- Rock Pigeon167 obs
- Ring-billed Gull161 obs
- Canada Goose156 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/406361687
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 7 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 8 mi
- Chicagoland · 8 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 9 mi
- Chicago · 10 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 10 mi
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