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Weidner Park

Weidner Park from directly overhead

Weidner Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 209 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Village of Buffalo Grove Open Space, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 24 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
209 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Buffalo Grove Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.15267, -87.97737

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Village of Buffalo Grove Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Emmerich Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.7 mi
  • Emmerich East Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • St. Mary of Vernon Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 6.2 mi
  • Vernon Hills Community Garden: 6.6 mi
Artworks
  • Butterfly Statue: 1.5 mi
  • The Dawning: 2.1 mi
  • William Dunton: 4.8 mi
  • Polar Bear Statue: 6.7 mi
  • First Iron Poured: 7.7 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Beaches: 59
  • Lakeview Beach and Dock: 6.7 mi
  • Diamond Lake Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 14
  • sled hill: 8.2 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 12.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoySSW 205°255 m24.5 mi
Bald KnobNW 324°235 m19.9 mi
Leahy HillN 10°234 m19.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 123°204 m16.6 mi
Players HillSSE 151°187 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3816:24

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron49 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee48 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird43 obs
  • wild bergamot40 obs
  • Mallard38 obs
  • American Robin38 obs
  • butterfly milkweed34 obs
  • grey-headed coneflower33 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/607174773

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