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Morgan Street Native Garden

Morgan Street Native Garden from directly overhead

Morgan Street Native Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mural on Morgan, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.2 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2025

What to expect

Access
Permitted

How to reach it

Coordinates41.86081, -87.65116

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • UIC South Fields: 0.3 mi
  • Guadalupe Reyes Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fosco Park: 0.4 mi
  • Throop Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jefferson Playlot Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove C: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove B: 2.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 3.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 4.0 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 18
  • Mount Bridgeport: 1.3 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Players Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 248°259 m23.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 346°204 m11.6 mi
Players HillW 280°187 m6.1 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, 2 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon537 obs
  • House Sparrow325 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel322 obs
  • Monarch315 obs
  • Western Honey Bee286 obs
  • Canada Goose235 obs
  • American Robin213 obs
  • common milkweed205 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1417236000

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