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AIDS Garden Chicago

AIDS Garden Chicago from directly overhead

AIDS Garden Chicago is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is ‘Self-Portrait’, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.1 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Parks Foundation
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.93896, -87.63476

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • ‘Self-Portrait’: 0.0 mi
  • The Alarm: 0.2 mi
  • General Philip Henry Sheridan Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Saint Joseph: 0.4 mi
  • Starlight: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 13: 0.2 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 10: 0.6 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 8: 0.7 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 15: 0.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 1.3 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Space Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sheridan Triangle Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Oz Park Garden: 1.3 mi
  • DePaul Urban Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Howard Brown Peace Garden: 1.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Polar Bears: 1.0 mi
  • Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 1.1 mi
  • Aardvark: 1.1 mi
  • Giraffe, Plains Zebra: 1.1 mi
  • Meerkat: 1.1 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 16
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNNW 328°204 m6.9 mi
Players HillWSW 237°187 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-winged Blackbird2,196 obs
  • Mallard1,790 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,567 obs
  • Canada Goose1,434 obs
  • House Sparrow1,277 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,156 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron1,052 obs
  • American Robin963 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11948584298

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