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Garfield Park Conservatory

Garfield Park Conservatory from directly overhead

Garfield Park Conservatory is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Horticulture Hall, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.1 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1907
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.88668, -87.71777

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Horticulture Hall: 0.0 mi
  • Show House: 0.0 mi
  • Artist’s Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Aroid House: 0.0 mi
  • Fern Room: 0.0 mi
Artworks
  • Persian Lilies: 0.0 mi
  • Idyl: 0.0 mi
  • Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 0.0 mi
  • Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 0.0 mi
  • Robert Burns Memorial: 0.3 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Taylor Park Patio: 3.7 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.8 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 4.8 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 4.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 4.7 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 240°259 m21.5 mi
Mount HoyW 261°255 m24.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 4°204 m9.5 mi
Players HillWSW 253°187 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:23

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
  • Wood Duck296 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird179 obs
  • Mallard126 obs
  • Black Swallowtail126 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron124 obs
  • Canada Goose122 obs
  • American Robin122 obs
  • Monarch114 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 way/163779324

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