Peirce Park Community Garden
Peirce Park Community Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Peirce Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.9 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hinsdale Parks and Recreation
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 18.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 4 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peirce Park: 0.1 mi
- Highland Park: 0.1 mi
- Oak Street Bridge Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
- Veeck Park: 0.2 mi
- Brook Park: 0.5 mi
- Western Springs Water Tower: 0.9 mi
- Hinsdale Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Ekdahl House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Graue House: 1.1 mi
- Graue Mill: 1.2 mi
- Bemis Woods South Picnic Shelter Grove 6: 1.2 mi
- Bemis Woods South Picnic Shelter Grove 7: 1.3 mi
- Bemis Woods South Picnic Shelter Grove 5: 1.3 mi
- Katherine Pavilion - North Picnic Shelter: 1.6 mi
- Bemis Woods North Picnic Grove 2: 1.6 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 1.3 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 2.7 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 4.0 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 4.2 mi
- Golden Lion Tamarins: 4.4 mi
- Türkân Ilkdemirci: 1.5 mi
- Lilly: 1.5 mi
- Tom Hardies & Otis: 1.5 mi
- The McCabes: 1.5 mi
- Jean: 1.6 mi
- Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Salt Creek Woods: 1.7 mi
- Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- La Grange Park Woods: 2.6 mi
- Mayslake Forest Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Torin's: 1.8 mi
- Sally Schulz Memorial Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
- Kesman Garden: 3.5 mi
- Fairy Garden: 3.8 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 3.8 mi
- Prairie Spirit: 4.0 mi
- Bicentennial Liberty Bell: 4.1 mi
- Ant Hill: 4.5 mi
- Ant Hill: 4.5 mi
- Tree: 4.5 mi
- Westman Beach: 2.0 mi
- Centennial Beach: 12.6 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 13.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 16.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 16.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.8 mi
- Signal Hill: 7.3 mi
- Spruce Hill: 8.5 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 8.6 mi
- Pine Hill: 8.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 7.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 9.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 14.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peirce Park Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 238° | 259 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 278° | 255 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 36° | 204 m | 18.6 mi |
| Players Hill | ENE 58° | 187 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 7 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer98 obs
- Great Blue Heron87 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel76 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker70 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty68 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee67 obs
- Dryad's Saddle63 obs
- Monarch58 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/1147514742
Day trips start here
- Hinsdale · 1 mi
- La Grange · 2 mi
- Oak Brook · 2 mi
- Western Springs · 2 mi
- Brookfield · 4 mi
- Downers Grove · 5 mi
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