Shermer Park
Shermer Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Overhill Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Morton Grove Park District
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Overhill Park: 0.4 mi
- Manor Park: 0.4 mi
- National Park: 0.4 mi
- Oriole Park: 0.4 mi
- Arnum Park: 0.6 mi
- Niles Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- Glenview History Center: 1.6 mi
- Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- 1920s Wagner Farm House: 2.5 mi
- Wagner Farm Heritage Center: 2.5 mi
- Wayside Woods Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Wayside Woods: 1.3 mi
- Linne Woods: 1.6 mi
- James Woodworth Prairie Preserve (Peacock Prairie): 1.6 mi
- St. Paul Woods: 1.6 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 1.4 mi
- Community garden: 2.5 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 2.9 mi
- Skokie Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- KE20: 4.9 mi
- Glenview Bear: 1.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 1.8 mi
- Undercover History: 1.9 mi
- Viking: 2.9 mi
- Lincoln on a Bench: 2.9 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 2.5 mi
- War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- The Plank Road: 3.4 mi
- Veteran Shrine: 3.4 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 3.2 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 4.4 mi
- Plant identification trail: 4.7 mi
- Sugar Shack: 4.7 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 5.4 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 5.8 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 5.8 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 5.9 mi
- Kenilworth Beach: 6.0 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 6.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 5.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.9 mi
- Hidden Hill: 7.4 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 8.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 5.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.8 mi
- Covington Bluff: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shermer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SW 231° | 255 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 111° | 204 m | 5.8 mi |
| Players Hill | S 170° | 187 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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, 6 mi away.
- lesser celandine255 obs
- White-tailed Deer158 obs
- Canadian lousewort62 obs
- rattlesnake master62 obs
- compass plant61 obs
- common milkweed55 obs
- Japanese barberry55 obs
- creeping thistle51 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/333532290
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 11 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 11 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 13 mi
- Chicagoland · 13 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 14 mi
- Berwyn · 15 mi
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