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South Chicago Farm

South Chicago Farm from directly overhead

South Chicago Farm is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Clara D. Schafer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.73094, -87.54138

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Mural: 0.3 mi
  • Sims Metal Management Mural: 0.3 mi
  • Sky Art: 0.4 mi
  • The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 0.5 mi
  • We All Come Together as One: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Saginaw Neighbors Garden: 2.1 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • 71st & Crandon Organic Garden: 2.8 mi
  • South Shore Cultural Center Harvest Garden: 2.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 4.5 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.1 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • South Shore Picnic Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 3.1 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 16: 3.8 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 4.0 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 54
Peaks: 30
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 9.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Chicago Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 117°214 m17.6 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 337°204 m21.9 mi
Chanute HillESE 119°195 m16.2 mi
Players HillNW 311°187 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-breasted Merganser155 obs
  • American Herring Gull150 obs
  • Canada Goose110 obs
  • Greater Scaup98 obs
  • Monk Parakeet90 obs
  • American Tree Sparrow82 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull80 obs
  • Horned Grebe78 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1313818638

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