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Townley Field

Townley Field from directly overhead

Townley Field is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kenilworth Historical Society, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

What to expect

Operated by
Kenilworth Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.08799, -87.71757

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pee Wee Playfield: 0.1 mi
  • Shorewood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Indian Hill Park: 0.5 mi
  • Forest Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mallinckrodt Park: 0.6 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Cartwright Mound: 2.1 mi
  • Sculpture: 2.2 mi
  • Viking: 2.7 mi
  • Small Twist II, 1978: 3.3 mi
  • Interior Form, 1981: 3.3 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 4.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 8.9 mi
  • sled hill: 10.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreS 172°204 m4.5 mi
Players HillS 190°187 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
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, 5 mi away.

  • American pokeweed195 obs
  • American Robin105 obs
  • Northern Cardinal102 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel97 obs
  • Monarch91 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail83 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee81 obs
  • House Sparrow80 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/181912741

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