DePaul Urban Garden
DePaul Urban Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Monsignor John Egan, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.1 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- DePaul University
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monsignor John Egan: 0.1 mi
- Doors Open Everywhere at Fullerton: 0.1 mi
- Hayes Healy Gymnasium: 0.1 mi
- Landslide: 0.1 mi
- Vincent de Paul with two students: 0.2 mi
- Vincentian Bicentennial Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Martha Wilson Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline: 0.8 mi
- Original Lake Michigan Shoreline: 0.9 mi
- John Caldwell Meeker: 1.0 mi
- Panzer Garden: 0.1 mi
- Oz Park Garden: 0.4 mi
- David M. McKay Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Space Park: 1.4 mi
- AIDS Garden Chicago: 1.4 mi
- St. Vincent's Circle: 0.2 mi
- DePaul University Quad: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln Common Playground: 0.3 mi
- Trebes Park: 0.3 mi
- Oz Park: 0.4 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 0.2 mi
- Red Wolf: 0.9 mi
- Black Bear: 0.9 mi
- River Otter: 0.9 mi
- American Beaver: 0.9 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 0.8 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 0.9 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 1.1 mi
- Diversey Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: 0.9 mi
- Chicago History Museum: 1.3 mi
- International Museum of Surgical Science: 1.6 mi
- Charnley-Pesky House Museum: 1.7 mi
- Polish Museum of America: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 8: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 10: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 1.0 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 2.1 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 2.9 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 2.9 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 3.1 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 4.4 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 3.4 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 4.9 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 5.6 mi
- Players Hill: 6.8 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 7.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.8 mi
- Tedens: 22.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of DePaul Urban Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 338° | 204 m | 7.4 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 241° | 187 m | 6.8 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, 5 mi away.
- Canada Goose1,219 obs
- Mallard1,150 obs
- House Sparrow975 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron968 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird756 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel752 obs
- Pond Slider719 obs
- common milkweed558 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/411429542
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near North · 2 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 2 mi
- Chicagoland · 2 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 3 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 3 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 3 mi
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