The Garden
The Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Aaron Ward Montgomery Bust, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.6 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Columbia College Chicago
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Aaron Ward Montgomery Bust: 0.1 mi
- John Alexander Logan Monument: 0.1 mi
- Alchemy—Birds and Stone: 0.2 mi
- Conrad Hilton: 0.2 mi
- Brachiosaurus Replica: 0.4 mi
- The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Chicago: 0.2 mi
- Central Station: 0.2 mi
- Spirit of Music (Theodore Thomas Memorial): 0.3 mi
- St. Luke's Hospital: 0.5 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington: 0.5 mi
- Dearborn Park: 0.2 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.3 mi
- Ferd Kramer Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- Mary Richardson Jones Park: 0.3 mi
- Printers Row Park: 0.3 mi
- The Museum of Contemporary Photography: 0.3 mi
- Play Street Meuseum: 0.4 mi
- Field Museum: 0.5 mi
- Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum: 0.7 mi
- Money Museum: 0.7 mi
- Congress Triangle Garden: 0.4 mi
- South Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sir Georg Solti Garden: 0.6 mi
- Welcome Garden: 0.6 mi
- North Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- Paris Metro Entryway (Metra): 0.5 mi
- Buckingham Fountain: 0.6 mi
- Sea Otter: 0.6 mi
- Penguins: 0.6 mi
- Sea Lion: 0.6 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 1.8 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.1 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 1.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 3.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 3.4 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.0 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 2.3 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 2.3 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 3.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.3 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 7.2 mi
- Players Hill: 7.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 20.1 mi
- Tedens: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 339° | 204 m | 11.4 mi |
| Players Hill | W 273° | 187 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
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, 1 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon1,195 obs
- Canada Goose926 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird847 obs
- House Sparrow847 obs
- Ring-billed Gull781 obs
- Monarch593 obs
- Western Honey Bee580 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel487 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/237889885
Day trips start here
- Chicago · 0 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
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