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Vattman Park

Vattman Park from directly overhead

Vattman Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Earlywine Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Wilmette Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07769, -87.71388

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Earlywine Park: 0.3 mi
  • Shorewood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Howard Park: 0.3 mi
  • Forest Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wheeler Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Cartwright Mound: 1.4 mi
  • Sculpture: 1.6 mi
  • Viking: 2.4 mi
  • Trunnion II: 2.6 mi
  • La Souterraine: 2.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.8 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreS 174°204 m3.8 mi
Players HillS 191°187 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
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, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin129 obs
  • Monarch116 obs
  • Northern Cardinal114 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail98 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee93 obs
  • House Sparrow92 obs
  • Mourning Dove90 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel89 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/23609352

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