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Williamsburg Square Park

Williamsburg Square Park from directly overhead

Williamsburg Square Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodridge Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 20 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
200 m

What to expect

Operated by
Northbrook Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates42.14950, -87.81124

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Model Railroad Garden: 1.0 mi
  • The Magic Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Plant identification trail: 5.3 mi
  • Sugar Shack: 5.4 mi
  • K1 Speed: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Trail Marker Tree: 1.0 mi
  • The Sower Alcove: 1.1 mi
  • Dixon Prairie: 1.2 mi
  • The Woodland Edge: 1.3 mi
  • Snyder Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Beaches: 59
  • Rosewood Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Millard Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Millard Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Glencoe Beach: 3.2 mi
Peaks: 11
  • sled hill: 4.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 10.3 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 13.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 11.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 12.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Leahy HillNNW 345°234 m19.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreSSE 148°204 m10.3 mi
Players HillS 173°187 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
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, 2 mi away.

  • Canadian lousewort216 obs
  • Great Blue Heron191 obs
  • Canada Goose187 obs
  • eastern shooting star185 obs
  • American Robin183 obs
  • prairie trillium172 obs
  • large white trillium171 obs
  • bloodroot168 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/202515348

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