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Altgeld Gardens Community Farm

Altgeld Gardens Community Farm from directly overhead

Altgeld Gardens Community Farm is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Altgeld Gardens Memorial Wall, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 11 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Urban Growers Collective
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.65552, -87.59234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Prairie Boat: 0.3 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 2.0 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 3.9 mi
  • Pride Of East Side: 5.0 mi
  • The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites
Parks
  • Golden Gate Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 1.2 mi
  • Needles Park: 1.2 mi
  • Dolton-Riverdale Park: 1.4 mi
  • Park 600 "Deadstick Pond Natural Area": 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 2.2 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 4.7 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 7.2 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 7.5 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 7.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.7 mi
  • HAST Garden: 4.4 mi
  • City Hall Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
  • South Chicago Farm: 5.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 39
Peaks: 23
  • Belly Button Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 13.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberE 98°214 m18.5 mi
Chanute HillE 99°195 m17.0 mi
Players HillNNW 329°187 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Herring Gull184 obs
  • Bald Eagle123 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk122 obs
  • Lesser Yellowlegs58 obs
  • Mute Swan49 obs
  • Common Goldeneye43 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser38 obs
  • Common Merganser38 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/443314568

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