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Weller Creek Park

Weller Creek Park from directly overhead

Weller Creek Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Mount Prospect Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05417, -87.94581

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunset Park: 0.2 mi
  • Countryside Park: 0.7 mi
  • We-Go Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.8 mi
  • Moehling: 0.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 1.2 mi
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Illinois Heritage Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Bob Link Arboretum: 6.2 mi
  • Native Prairie Wildflower Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Glencoe Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Tower Road Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Maple Street Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Cherry Street Beach: 12.0 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Centennial Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 11.4 mi
  • sled hill: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 14.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 197°259 m23.4 mi
Mount HoySW 218°255 m19.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 100°204 m12.5 mi
Players HillSE 143°187 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail26 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • Monarch19 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs
  • Black Swallowtail17 obs
  • American Robin16 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • House Sparrow15 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/165402374

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