Comiskey Park Home Plate
Comiskey Park Home Plate is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is James R. Thompson, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.2 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
former home park of the Chicago White Sox
Dates from 1910-07-01.
Wikidata Q1114772, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 22.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- James R. Thompson: 0.1 mi
- Man on a Bench: 0.4 mi
- Bronzeville Renaissance Mural: 0.7 mi
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Monument: 0.9 mi
- Canaryville: 0.9 mi
- Armour Square Park: 0.1 mi
- McKeon Park: 0.4 mi
- Wentworth Gardens Park: 0.4 mi
- Park No. 474: 0.4 mi
- Stateway Park: 0.5 mi
- Lt. Joseph T. McKeon, Jr: 0.4 mi
- Haymarket Police Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Seaman First Class James Humbert: 0.6 mi
- Eighth Regiment Armory: 0.8 mi
- Sergeant Gregory J. Sintic: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Museum of Asian Art: 0.9 mi
- Chicago Maritime Museum: 1.2 mi
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 1.4 mi
- Chess Studio: 1.6 mi
- Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Garden: 1.1 mi
- Legends Farm: 1.3 mi
- McCormick Rooftop Garden: 1.6 mi
- Blues Heaven Garden: 1.6 mi
- Great Migration Sculpture Garden: 1.8 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 1.5 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 1.6 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 5.6 mi
- Beluga: 2.7 mi
- Sea Lion: 2.7 mi
- Penguins: 2.7 mi
- Sea Otter: 2.7 mi
- Dolphin: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 3.7 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 9: 3.8 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 8: 3.9 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 10: 3.9 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 1.5 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 2.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 2.7 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 3.1 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 4.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 1.0 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.1 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.1 mi
- Players Hill: 7.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 9.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 16.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 19.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 11.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 17.6 mi
- Tedens: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Comiskey Park Home Plate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 253° | 259 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 345° | 204 m | 13.8 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 128° | 195 m | 24.0 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 294° | 187 m | 7.5 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 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/575175061
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 1 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
- Chicago · 3 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 3 mi
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