Upton Park
Upton Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The African American Museum at the England Manor, a museum 0.3 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 193 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Waukegan Park District
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The African American Museum at the England Manor: 0.3 mi
- Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie: 0.8 mi
- Waukegan History Museum: 1.1 mi
- National Museum of the American Sailor: 4.1 mi
- Platen Press Printing Museum: 4.8 mi
- Victory Park: 0.5 mi
- Haig Paravonian Park: 0.6 mi
- Jack Benny Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Powell Park: 0.6 mi
- Grand Avenue Park: 0.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.7 mi
- Ray Bradbury: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.9 mi
- Edison Court Station on the North Shore Line: 1.1 mi
- Founders Memorial: 3.4 mi
- F-14 Tomcat: 4.5 mi
- Sprocket Rockets: 5.1 mi
- Goliath: 5.1 mi
- Logger's Run: 5.1 mi
- Fiddler's Fling: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.1 mi
- Sun Garden: 10.9 mi
- The Buttery: 10.9 mi
- Fairie Glen: 11.0 mi
- Cotswold Commons: 11.0 mi
- Jack Benny Monument: 0.6 mi
- Traveler: 0.6 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 0.8 mi
- Finger Sculpture: 0.8 mi
- Round Entry Door: 11.2 mi
- Bowen Formal Garden: 1.0 mi
- Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 7.6 mi
- Elawa Farm: 8.2 mi
- McClure Rain Garden: 8.4 mi
- Revery Prairie: 8.4 mi
- Waukegan Municipal Beach: 0.9 mi
- Waukegan Beach: 1.0 mi
- Illinois Beach State Park: 4.3 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 6.4 mi
- Independence Grove Beach: 7.3 mi
- Leahy Hill: 5.5 mi
- sled hill: 11.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 19.2 mi
- Gander Mountain: 20.3 mi
- Hill Fifteen: 24.2 mi
- Light 2: 4.5 mi
- Light 1: 4.6 mi
- Kenosha North Pierhead Light: 15.1 mi
- Kenosha Light: 15.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 12.0 mi
- Aurora: 14.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Upton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Mountain | WNW 295° | 283 m | 20.3 mi |
| Hill Fifteen | WNW 285° | 276 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Moriah | WNW 295° | 257 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | W 273° | 235 m | 19.2 mi |
| Leahy Hill | NW 312° | 234 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 165° | 204 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukegan, 3 mi away.
- American Herring Gull543 obs
- Ring-billed Gull437 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel208 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant159 obs
- Mallard136 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird130 obs
- Sanderling123 obs
- Red-breasted Merganser100 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/799015583
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