- Elevation
- 182 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mounded Landfill259 m · 21.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 660.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8703, -87.7097
Sunken Gardens is a garden in Illinois, at a recorded 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Homan Square Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Elevation
- 182 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunken Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 243° | 259 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 264° | 255 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 1° | 204 m | 10.6 mi |
| Players Hill | W 277° | 187 m | 3.0 mi |
- 0.9 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 25.1 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Homan Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Magnolia Park: 0.2 mi
- Park No. 422: 0.3 mi
- Gladys Park: 0.4 mi
- Boler Park: 0.4 mi
- Norman Cornwall Memorial (WWI Obelisk): 0.6 mi
- Vietnam Survivors Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Ice=Cream Dream: 1.7 mi
- M3 Stuart Tank: 1.8 mi
- Louis Pasteur Monument: 1.9 mi
- Independence Square Fountain: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln the Rail-Splitter: 0.9 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Idyl: 1.2 mi
- Saint Anthony: 1.2 mi
- Music Court: 0.8 mi
- Water Courts Formal Garden: 0.8 mi
- Water Courts Formal Garden: 0.9 mi
- Troy Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Sensory Garden: 1.2 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 4.1 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 5.1 mi
- Gallager: 1.2 mi
- Waller Apartments: 1.2 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 1.4 mi
- The Ledge: 3.8 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 3.8 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 4.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 5.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 5.1 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 2.5 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 5.0 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 5.2 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 5.3 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 5.7 mi
- Players Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Tedens: 18.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 20.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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, 5 mi away.
- Piping Plover66 obs
- common milkweed59 obs
- American Robin58 obs
- Black Swallowtail56 obs
- Monarch55 obs
- Canada Goose46 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
- Red Admiral40 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/Near West Side · 2 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 3 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 3 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 3 mi
- Cicero · 3 mi
- Chicago · 4 mi
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