McKinley Park Community Garden
McKinley Park Community Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is McKinley Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.7 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 22.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McKinley Park: 0.1 mi
- Hoyne Park: 0.5 mi
- Kucinski-Murphy Park: 0.7 mi
- Mulberry Park: 0.9 mi
- Davis Square Park: 0.9 mi
- Geographic Center of Chicago: 0.3 mi
- William McKinley Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Marquette Monument: 1.3 mi
- Union Stock Yards Fire Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Private Florian S. Jacolik: 1.5 mi
- Chicago Maritime Museum: 1.1 mi
- Heritage Museum of Asian Art: 1.3 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 1.9 mi
- National Museum of Mexican Art: 2.1 mi
- Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice: 2.6 mi
- Cook County Jail Urban Farming Program: 1.4 mi
- Stockyard Gardens: 2.1 mi
- La Huerta Roots and Rays: 2.1 mi
- Troy Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Legends Farm: 2.6 mi
- Canaryville: 1.6 mi
- Bridgeport: 1.6 mi
- Paul Cornell: 1.6 mi
- Little Village Arch: 1.9 mi
- Jacques Marquette Monument: 2.0 mi
- Gallager: 2.6 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 2.9 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 4.2 mi
- The Ledge: 4.2 mi
- Waller Apartments: 4.3 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 3.7 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 3.7 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 4.5 mi
- Food Court: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 5.0 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 9: 5.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 10: 5.3 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.7 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 4.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 4.5 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 4.9 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 5.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 1.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 3.9 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.5 mi
- Players Hill: 5.9 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 9.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 11.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 17.5 mi
- Tedens: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McKinley Park Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 253° | 259 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 354° | 204 m | 13.8 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 307° | 187 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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, 4 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron137 obs
- Mallard122 obs
- Canada Goose104 obs
- Cooper's Hawk96 obs
- Great Blue Heron83 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird71 obs
- Northern Cardinal67 obs
- common milkweed65 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/1028208912
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 3 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 3 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 3 mi
- Chicago · 4 mi
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