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Hadiya Pendleton Winter Garden

Hadiya Pendleton Winter Garden from directly overhead

Hadiya Pendleton Winter Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bending the Arc, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.6 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.78567, -87.58569

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Bending the Arc: 0.0 mi
  • Hem of Heaven: 0.0 mi
  • Seeing Through the Universe: 0.0 mi
  • Book Bird: 0.0 mi
  • Broken Men: 0.0 mi
Parks
  • Entry Grove: 0.0 mi
  • Ann Dunham Water Terrace: 0.0 mi
  • Woman's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Wetland Walk: 0.1 mi
  • Great Lawn: 0.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Japanese Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 1.8 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 2.3 mi
  • Doane Observatory: 5.7 mi
  • Beluga: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites
  • Jackson Park - Grove 10: 0.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 7: 0.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 8: 0.3 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 0.3 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 9: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 23
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 5.1 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Players Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 123°214 m21.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 339°204 m17.5 mi
Chanute HillSE 125°195 m20.2 mi
Players HillWNW 304°187 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron856 obs
  • Mallard817 obs
  • American Robin817 obs
  • Monarch696 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel690 obs
  • American Herring Gull650 obs
  • Wood Duck595 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull587 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 node/13953803004

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