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Loomis Street Community Garden

Loomis Street Community Garden from directly overhead

Loomis Street Community Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Skinner Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Skinner Park Advisory Council

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87936, -87.66199

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove B: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove C: 2.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.0 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 17
  • Mount Bridgeport: 2.6 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Players Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 245°259 m23.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 347°204 m10.2 mi
Players HillW 267°187 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

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, 3 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon646 obs
  • House Sparrow262 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel217 obs
  • Canada Goose163 obs
  • Western Honey Bee149 obs
  • American Robin144 obs
  • Red Admiral134 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron128 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1205520505

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