Ruzicka Memorial Park
Ruzicka Memorial Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Newport Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 9.7 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 244 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 19.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 11 mi
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Newport Park: 0.3 mi
- Winding Creek Commons Park: 0.8 mi
- Leiseberg Park: 0.8 mi
- Oakwood Park: 0.9 mi
- Tempo Park: 0.9 mi
- Arts In Bartlett: 1.3 mi
- Carol Stream Arch: 4.3 mi
- Search: 4.7 mi
- Heart of the Basket Maker: 5.2 mi
- Frog Statue: 5.3 mi
- Wayne Grove Forest Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Hawk Hollow Forest Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Mallard Lake Forest Preserve: 1.8 mi
- West Branch Forest Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Hank Gianvecchio Natural Habitat Area: 4.1 mi
- Bartlett Depot Museum: 1.3 mi
- School House Museum: 3.0 mi
- School District 54 Nature Center: 4.2 mi
- Roselle History Museum: 4.5 mi
- Bloomingdale Park District Museum: 4.6 mi
- Streamwood Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Streamwood Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Memorial marker: 2.5 mi
- memorial marker: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 4.2 mi
- Carol Stream Garden Plots: 3.7 mi
- Meditation Garden: 5.0 mi
- Native Prairie Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
- Bob Link Arboretum: 6.1 mi
- Spruce Trees Nursery: 6.3 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park: 6.0 mi
- Goebbert's Farm & Garden Center of South Barrington: 6.1 mi
- Medieval Times: 7.3 mi
- Paintball Explosion: 8.9 mi
- St. James Farm Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 14.6 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 14.9 mi
- Westman Beach: 15.8 mi
- Indian Trail Beach: 16.1 mi
- Main Beach: 19.6 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Hoy: 10.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 12.1 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 12.2 mi
- Spruce Hill: 12.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 23.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 24.4 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ruzicka Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | WSW 239° | 273 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | SSE 166° | 259 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | S 184° | 255 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 83° | 204 m | 23.8 mi |
| Players Hill | ESE 110° | 187 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Streamwood, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Cottontail20 obs
- Monarch20 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
- American Robin19 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird17 obs
- House Sparrow16 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee16 obs
- Northern Cardinal14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/287597757
Day trips start here
- Wheaton · 9 mi
- Downers Grove · 14 mi
- Lisle · 14 mi
- Aurora · 16 mi
- Naperville · 16 mi
- Oak Brook · 16 mi
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