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Tomahawk Park

Tomahawk Park from directly overhead

Tomahawk Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Des Plaines Manor Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Des Plaines Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04550, -87.91983

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 11.1 mi
  • sled hill: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 201°259 m23.3 mi
Mount HoySW 222°255 m19.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 98°204 m11.1 mi
Players HillSSE 146°187 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 5 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail31 obs
  • Western Honey Bee30 obs
  • Monarch27 obs
  • Red Admiral22 obs
  • House Sparrow21 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail20 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel20 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/42309647

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