- Elevation, modelled
- 179 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Lieber214 m · 20.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 668.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 41.7670, -87.5730
South Merrill Community Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is 71st & Crandon Organic Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.0 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Merrill Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ESE 121° | 214 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 339° | 204 m | 19.0 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 123° | 195 m | 18.9 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 307° | 187 m | 12.5 mi |
- 8.0 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 18.3 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hasan Park: 0.3 mi
- Don Nash Playground: 0.4 mi
- South Shore Cultural Center: 0.5 mi
- Rosenblum Park: 0.7 mi
- Woodhull Park: 0.7 mi
- BlammO: 0.4 mi
- Mr. Big: 0.5 mi
- Leap: 0.6 mi
- Fishing Eagle: 0.9 mi
- Statue of the Republic: 0.9 mi
- South Shore Picnic Grove: 0.5 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 16: 0.8 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 1.1 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 1.1 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 1.6 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 0.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
- Al Capone's House: 2.4 mi
- Doane Observatory: 7.1 mi
- Beluga: 7.2 mi
- South Shore Nature Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes: 1.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes South Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 3.5 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 5.5 mi
- Stony Island Arts Bank: 0.8 mi
- First Black Owned McDonald's Franchise: 0.9 mi
- 50th Anniversary of the Rainbow Division WWI: 1.2 mi
- Enrico Fermi: 1.2 mi
- Staples Family: 1.3 mi
- South Shore Beach: 0.6 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 0.9 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 1.0 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 1.3 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 1.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.5 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.6 mi
- Players Hill: 12.5 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 13.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 13.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 16.3 mi
- Tedens: 21.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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, 6 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron719 obs
- American Herring Gull659 obs
- American Robin621 obs
- Ring-billed Gull615 obs
- Mallard580 obs
- Monarch566 obs
- Canada Goose454 obs
- Greater Scaup408 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 1 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 4 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 6 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 6 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 7 mi
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