Village Green Park
Village Green Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the east, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Holocaust Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Skokie Park District
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln Arch: 0.2 mi
- Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Skokie Heritage Museum: 0.1 mi
- Emily Oak Nature Center: 0.6 mi
- Exploratorium: 0.7 mi
- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: 2.1 mi
- North Park Village Nature Center: 3.1 mi
- Klehm Park: 0.2 mi
- George Park: 0.2 mi
- Lorel Park: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.3 mi
- Searle Park: 0.5 mi
- Skokie Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 2.6 mi
- James Parks Gardens: 2.6 mi
- KE18: 3.3 mi
- KE21: 3.3 mi
- Emily Oaks Nature Center: 0.7 mi
- St. Paul Woods: 1.7 mi
- St. Paul Woods: 1.7 mi
- Linne Woods: 1.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.9 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 1.7 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 2.7 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 6.4 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 6.8 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 7.7 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 1.7 mi
- Edgebrook: 2.0 mi
- Viking: 2.4 mi
- Angel Gabriel: 2.5 mi
- Lincoln on a Bench: 2.5 mi
- Lee Street Beach: 4.5 mi
- Greenwood Street Beach: 4.6 mi
- South Boulevard Beach: 4.6 mi
- Dog Beach: 4.6 mi
- Clark Street Beach: 4.6 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 2.7 mi
- Centennial Hill: 4.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 6.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 5.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.6 mi
- Covington Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Village Green Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | E 93° | 204 m | 2.7 mi |
| Players Hill | S 183° | 187 m | 10.4 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 | 19:48 | 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, 8 mi away.
- lesser celandine161 obs
- Western Honey Bee60 obs
- Monarch60 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee56 obs
- Canada Goose54 obs
- prairie trillium51 obs
- creeping thistle50 obs
- American Robin48 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/26226390
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 8 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 9 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 9 mi
- Chicagoland · 10 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 11 mi
- Chicago · 12 mi
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