Rosewood Park
Rosewood Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosewood Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 21 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Park District of Highland Park
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 1928: 0.3 mi
- 2016: 0.3 mi
- Sam's tree: 0.5 mi
- Burr Oak tree: 0.9 mi
- Snyder Park: 0.9 mi
- May T. Watts Park: 0.5 mi
- Jens Jensen Park: 0.7 mi
- Far North Lawn: 0.7 mi
- North Lawn: 0.7 mi
- Brown Park: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 0.7 mi
- Turnbull Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.2 mi
- Forest Way Grove Picnic Shelter: 2.7 mi
- Erickson Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 4.5 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 6.2 mi
- Large Narrow Horse: 0.7 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 1.6 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 1.6 mi
- Stone Lantern: 1.7 mi
- The Sower: 1.7 mi
- Schaffner Garden: 1.1 mi
- Chicago Botanical Garden: 1.6 mi
- Seifuto Dry Garden: 1.6 mi
- Kieunto Dry Garden: 1.7 mi
- Pergola Garden: 1.7 mi
- Turnbull Woods: 1.2 mi
- Clara Dietz Bird Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Forest Way Grove: 2.6 mi
- Chipilly Woods: 2.9 mi
- Sunset Ridge Woods: 3.0 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 1.8 mi
- The Magic Rock: 2.7 mi
- Plant identification trail: 7.7 mi
- Sugar Shack: 7.8 mi
- K1 Speed: 8.7 mi
- Francis Stupey Log Cabin Museum: 1.8 mi
- Glencoe Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Glencoe Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 3.8 mi
- Northfield Inn: 3.9 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 0.0 mi
- Millard Beach: 1.0 mi
- Millard Beach: 1.0 mi
- Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 2.0 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 2.2 mi
- sled hill: 4.6 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 10.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 11.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 14.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 15.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rosewood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy Hill | NNW 338° | 234 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 162° | 204 m | 10.5 mi |
| Players Hill | S 180° | 187 m | 20.2 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 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:37 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Canada Goose165 obs
- American Robin158 obs
- Great Blue Heron135 obs
- Mallard134 obs
- Virginia bluebells114 obs
- Western Honey Bee105 obs
- Redpoll105 obs
- Monarch104 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/510344665
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 17 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 19 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 19 mi
- Chicagoland · 19 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 20 mi
- Chicago · 21 mi
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