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Tall Trees Park

Tall Trees Park from directly overhead

Tall Trees Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sleepy Hollow Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
191 m

What to expect

Operated by
Glenview Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.08086, -87.80318

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sleepy Hollow Park: 0.2 mi
  • Jackman Park: 0.5 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.7 mi
  • Theodore G. Munz S.J. Campus: 0.8 mi
  • Judy Beck Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Glenview Bear: 0.5 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 2.8 mi
  • Viking: 2.9 mi
  • Undercover History: 3.8 mi
  • Sculpture: 4.1 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 15
  • Centennial Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 6.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.9 mi
  • sled hill: 9.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 6.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Leahy HillNNW 347°234 m24.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreSE 128°204 m6.4 mi
Players HillS 173°187 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 4 mi away.

  • prairie trillium95 obs
  • Canadian lousewort82 obs
  • wild geranium75 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird68 obs
  • large white trillium66 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty63 obs
  • Great Blue Heron61 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort61 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/802039018

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