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Westfield Park

Westfield Park from directly overhead

Westfield Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoffman Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Des Plaines Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.03519, -87.89964

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Kinder House: 0.7 mi
  • Des Plaines History Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Prospect Historical Society: 2.7 mi
  • Museum of Hummels: 3.5 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 10.0 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 11.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 204°259 m23.0 mi
Mount HoySW 226°255 m20.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 95°204 m10.0 mi
Players HillSSE 148°187 m12.9 mi
Conditions

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 °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee28 obs
  • Black Swallowtail24 obs
  • Monarch20 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee19 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel18 obs
  • common milkweed17 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs
  • ground-ivy17 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1381715315

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