Clearing-Park Shops Memorial
Clearing-Park Shops Memorial is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is American Eagle, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 3 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wentworth Park: 0.2 mi
- Normandy Park: 0.6 mi
- Hale Park: 0.9 mi
- Minuteman Park: 1.0 mi
- Stars & Stripes Park: 1.0 mi
- Riverside Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 3.2 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- La Grange Area Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 5.0 mi
- Fairy Garden: 3.7 mi
- Kesman Garden: 3.8 mi
- Family Garden: 3.8 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 4.2 mi
- Lincoln School Garden: 5.3 mi
- Chicago Portage National Historic Site: 1.5 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods South: 1.7 mi
- Stoney Ford Woods: 2.0 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods North: 2.0 mi
- White Eagle Woods South: 2.2 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 8.8 mi
- Westman Beach: 9.1 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 9.5 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 9.7 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 10.1 mi
- Solidarity Monument: 0.0 mi
- Birthplace of Emmett Till: 1.9 mi
- Archer Heights Veterans Monument: 2.7 mi
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument: 3.7 mi
- Cannon Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Grove 1: 1.7 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2: 1.8 mi
- Food Court: 2.0 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Grove 3: 2.0 mi
- White Eagle Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2: 2.3 mi
- Emu: 3.7 mi
- Bennet's Wallaby: 3.7 mi
- Reindeer: 3.7 mi
- Red Panda: 3.7 mi
- Alpaca: 3.8 mi
- American Eagle: 0.0 mi
- CPD Officer Ella French: 0.2 mi
- Marquette and Joliet Explorer Statue: 1.5 mi
- Mamie Till-Mobley: 1.7 mi
- Flight Forms: 2.1 mi
- Players Hill: 5.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 7.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.7 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 13.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 19.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Tedens: 12.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clearing-Park Shops Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 255° | 259 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 278° | 255 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 14° | 204 m | 16.4 mi |
| Players Hill | N 7° | 187 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9938784749
Day trips start here
- Berwyn · 3 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 3 mi
- Brookfield · 4 mi
- Burbank · 4 mi
- Cicero · 4 mi
- La Grange · 5 mi
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