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Stough Park

Stough Park from directly overhead

Stough Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ehret Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.3 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
215 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.79979, -87.94415

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ehret Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hinsdale Community Swimming Pool: 0.3 mi
  • Dietz Park: 0.4 mi
  • Eastern Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
  • Hinsdale Historical Society: 0.5 mi
  • William L.Gregg House Museum: 1.6 mi
  • Graue House: 1.6 mi
  • Graue Mill: 1.7 mi
  • Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center: 2.0 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches: 52
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Pine Hill: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lake Strini: 13.3 mi
  • Rain Garden Springs: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 235°259 m8.4 mi
Mount HoyW 280°255 m12.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 38°204 m19.7 mi
Players HillENE 60°187 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232637485969737164523929
Precip in2.22.02.43.84.84.44.34.43.43.62.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 7 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel57 obs
  • Great Blue Heron48 obs
  • Monarch42 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee39 obs
  • Black Swallowtail28 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron27 obs
  • Mallard26 obs
  • American Toad26 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/222702855

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