Thornwood Park
Thornwood Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south-southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mallinckrodt Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 191 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wilmette Park District
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mallinckrodt Park: 0.6 mi
- Community Park: 0.7 mi
- Forest Park: 0.8 mi
- Pee Wee Playfield: 0.8 mi
- Indian Hill Park: 0.9 mi
- Wilmette Historical Museum: 0.9 mi
- Kenilworth Historical Society: 1.0 mi
- Winnetka Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- Anita Willets Burnham Log House: 1.2 mi
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: 1.7 mi
- Stephen R. Keay Nature Learning Center: 1.0 mi
- Crow Island Woods: 1.1 mi
- Hibbard Woods Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.4 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.6 mi
- 1965/7/25 MLK Visit: 1.4 mi
- Cenotaph: 1.4 mi
- Site of First Public School House in Winnetka: 1.4 mi
- Henry Demarest Lloyd: 2.0 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 2.1 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 1.4 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 1.5 mi
- Kenilworth Beach: 1.5 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 1.9 mi
- Langdon Park Beach: 2.0 mi
- Cartwright Mound: 1.9 mi
- Sculpture: 2.0 mi
- Viking: 2.0 mi
- Trunnion II: 3.4 mi
- La Souterraine: 3.4 mi
- Community garden: 2.4 mi
- Eggleston Park Food Forest: 2.6 mi
- McCormick Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Twiggs Canal Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Glencoe Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 5.2 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 5.6 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 6.1 mi
- Plant identification trail: 7.7 mi
- The Magic Rock: 7.7 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 4.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.9 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 8.9 mi
- sled hill: 10.1 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thornwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 160° | 204 m | 4.6 mi |
| Players Hill | S 187° | 187 m | 14.6 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 | 15:38 | 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, 5 mi away.
- American pokeweed197 obs
- Northern Cardinal104 obs
- American Robin101 obs
- Monarch98 obs
- House Sparrow90 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel87 obs
- Mourning Dove83 obs
- Eastern Cottontail78 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/32615759
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 11 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 13 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 13 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 14 mi
- Chicagoland · 14 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 15 mi
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