Mount Trashmore (Illinois)

Mount Trashmore
Mount Trashmore
Highest point
Elevation	65 ft (20 m)
Coordinates	42°01′24″N 87°42′20″W / 42.023452°N 87.705597°W
Geography
Country	United States
Settlement	Evanston, Illinois

Mount Trashmore is a 65 ft. hill located in Robert E. James Park in Evanston, Illinois. Mount Trashmore is an example of landfill reuse as it was a solid waste landfill that was closed and converted into a park in 1965.

In 1973, Evanston began allowing skiing on Mount Trashmore,^[1] installing a tow rope and snow making machines.

Since skiing was prohibited in the 1980s, Mount Trashmore remained a popular sledding and tobogganing hill in the winter,^[2] as well as a popular destination for runners and hikers in the summer.

In the summer of 1995, Northwestern University football strength and conditioning director Larry Lilja planted a small Rose Bowl flag at the top of Mount Trashmore and had the Wildcats repeatedly run up the mountain.^[3] They went on to play in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1996.

References

^ Fuller, Jack (November 29, 1973). "Turning garbage into ski slopes". The Chicago Tribune. p. 111. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Kim, John J. (January 16, 2015), "Sledding on Mount Trashmore", The Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on January 23, 2015, retrieved November 11, 2023
^ LaTourette, Larry, Northwestern Wildcat Football

External links

Ice Skating and Sledding at Evanston Parks and Recreation
Video shot at Mount Trashmore in 1983, originally made for PBS WTTW-Chicago

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[1] Fuller, Jack (November 29, 1973). "Turning garbage into ski slopes". The Chicago Tribune. p. 111. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Kim, John J. (January 16, 2015), "Sledding on Mount Trashmore", The Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on January 23, 2015, retrieved November 11, 2023

[3] LaTourette, Larry, Northwestern Wildcat Football

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