La Huerta Roots and Rays
La Huerta Roots and Rays is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cuauhtémoc, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.3 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- permit
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cuauhtémoc: 0.1 mi
- José María Morelos y Pavón: 0.1 mi
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla: 0.1 mi
- Aquiles Serdán: 0.1 mi
- Vicente Guerrero: 0.1 mi
- Escudo Nacional de Mexico: 0.2 mi
- Private Florian S. Jacolik: 0.8 mi
- Marquette Monument: 0.9 mi
- Ice=Cream Dream: 1.1 mi
- West Side Grounds: 1.1 mi
- Throop Park: 0.4 mi
- Harrison Park: 0.5 mi
- Jane Addams Park: 0.5 mi
- Dvorak Park: 0.5 mi
- Barrett Park: 0.6 mi
- National Museum of Mexican Art: 0.4 mi
- Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice: 0.9 mi
- National Public Housing Museum: 1.1 mi
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 1.6 mi
- Roosevelt Square Farm: 0.8 mi
- Morgan Street Native Garden: 0.8 mi
- Loomis Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Community Roots Demonstration Garden: 1.7 mi
- Skinner Park Tranquil Garden: 1.7 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.9 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 3.0 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 2.2 mi
- The Ledge: 2.2 mi
- Gallager: 2.3 mi
- Weather Bell: 2.5 mi
- Paris Metro Entryway (Metra): 2.6 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 4.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 4.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.6 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 3.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.2 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 3.8 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 3.9 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.1 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 1.2 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.6 mi
- Players Hill: 5.5 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.4 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 7.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 18.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 20.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 20.8 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 9.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Tedens: 19.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of La Huerta Roots and Rays. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 248° | 259 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 350° | 204 m | 11.8 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 285° | 187 m | 5.5 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel212 obs
- common milkweed156 obs
- Canada Goose155 obs
- House Sparrow127 obs
- American Robin126 obs
- Monarch117 obs
- Rock Pigeon114 obs
- Mallard105 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/293247964
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Pilsen · 0 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 1 mi
- Chicago · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 3 mi
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