- Elevation, modelled
- 178 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mounded Landfill259 m · 24.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 661.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.9024, -87.6571
Goose Island Overlook Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled 178 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Goose Island Overlook, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.6 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goose Island Overlook Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 241° | 259 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 343° | 204 m | 8.7 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 252° | 187 m | 6.0 mi |
- 1.6 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 27.3 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goose Island Overlook: 0.0 mi
- Wild Mile: 0.4 mi
- Pulaski Park: 0.4 mi
- Eckhart Park: 0.4 mi
- Park No. 536: 0.4 mi
- Polish Museum of America: 0.3 mi
- Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art: 0.5 mi
- Chicago History Museum: 1.5 mi
- Ukrainian National Museum: 1.5 mi
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 1.5 mi
- Eckhart Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Chicago Lights Urban Farm: 0.9 mi
- Met West Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Panzer Garden: 1.4 mi
- Oz Park Garden: 1.5 mi
- Flame Of The Millennium: 0.7 mi
- Shit Fountain: 0.9 mi
- Commemorative Ground Ring: 1.0 mi
- Time is the Enemy (Revisited): 1.1 mi
- Charles Gustavus Wicker: 1.1 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 1.4 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 1.9 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Diversey Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Haymarket Memorial: 1.4 mi
- James R. Thompson: 1.4 mi
- Chicago Fire Relic: 1.5 mi
- Vincentian Bicentennial Memorial: 1.5 mi
- David Kennison: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 1.7 mi
- Chicken: 1.6 mi
- Pony: 1.6 mi
- Wooden Alley: 1.6 mi
- Rabbit: 1.6 mi
- Pig: 1.6 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 2.4 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 2.4 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 3.7 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 4.6 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 3.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 4.1 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 4.4 mi
- Players Hill: 6.0 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 8.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 12.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 23.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.1 mi
- Tedens: 21.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.6 mi
| 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).
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, 4 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron722 obs
- House Sparrow712 obs
- Rock Pigeon540 obs
- Canada Goose527 obs
- Mallard479 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird390 obs
- Pond Slider372 obs
- Eastern Cottontail342 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Chicago/Near North · 1 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 1 mi
- Chicago · 2 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
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