Helping Hand
Helping Hand is an artwork in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Whipple Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.5 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whipple Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Corner Garden: 0.3 mi
- Altgeld Sawyer Corner Farm: 0.4 mi
- Paradise Garden: 0.5 mi
- Paseo Prairie Garden: 0.5 mi
- Maple Park: 0.2 mi
- Neighbors Garden Park: 0.5 mi
- Julia de Burgos Park: 0.5 mi
- Haas Park: 0.6 mi
- Unity Park: 0.7 mi
- Busy Beaver Button Museum: 0.4 mi
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture: 1.3 mi
- Walt Disney Birthplace House: 1.4 mi
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 2.1 mi
- Ukrainian National Museum: 2.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Illinois Centennial Monument: 0.5 mi
- El Gran Combo: 1.3 mi
- Eddie Palmieri: 1.4 mi
- Andres Jiménez: 1.4 mi
- Graffiti Garden: 0.5 mi
- Graffiti Garden: 0.5 mi
- Graffiti Garden: 0.5 mi
- Graffiti Garden: 0.6 mi
- Greetings from Chicago Mural: 0.6 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 2.0 mi
- California Park Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 2.8 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 3.7 mi
- Waller Apartments: 2.5 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 2.9 mi
- Red Wolf: 3.7 mi
- Black Bear: 3.7 mi
- American Beaver: 3.7 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 2.7 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 2.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 10: 3.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 8: 3.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 3.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 1.0 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 4.5 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 4.6 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 5.2 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 5.3 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 2.7 mi
- Players Hill: 4.4 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.2 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.5 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 7.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Covington Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.6 mi
- Tedens: 20.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Helping Hand. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 236° | 259 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 0° | 204 m | 7.1 mi |
| Players Hill | SW 225° | 187 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9905170647
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 0 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 2 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 3 mi
- Chicagoland · 3 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 4 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 4 mi
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