- Elevation, modelled
- 179 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Lieber214 m · 19.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 668.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 41.7678, -87.5645
South Shore Formal 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 BlammO, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.1 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Shore Formal Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ESE 122° | 214 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 338° | 204 m | 19.1 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 124° | 195 m | 18.6 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 306° | 187 m | 12.8 mi |
- 8.1 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 18.5 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- BlammO: 0.0 mi
- Mr. Big: 0.0 mi
- Leap: 0.4 mi
- Fishing Eagle: 1.0 mi
- Statue of the Republic: 1.1 mi
- South Shore Cultural Center: 0.1 mi
- Hasan Park: 0.2 mi
- Don Nash Playground: 0.8 mi
- Rosenblum Park: 1.0 mi
- Woodhull Park: 1.1 mi
- South Shore Picnic Grove: 0.1 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 16: 1.0 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 1.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 1.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 1.7 mi
- South Shore Nature Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes: 1.1 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes South Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 3.6 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 5.6 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 0.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.6 mi
- Al Capone's House: 2.8 mi
- Doane Observatory: 7.1 mi
- Beluga: 7.3 mi
- South Shore Beach: 0.2 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 0.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 1.0 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 1.1 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.7 mi
- Players Hill: 12.8 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 13.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 13.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 16.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Tedens: 21.7 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, 7 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron702 obs
- American Herring Gull666 obs
- Ring-billed Gull620 obs
- American Robin601 obs
- Mallard576 obs
- Monarch554 obs
- Canada Goose443 obs
- Greater Scaup416 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 · 5 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 6 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 6 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 7 mi
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