Wildwood Chicago Police & Fire Memorial
Wildwood Chicago Police & Fire Memorial is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildwood Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
neighborhood in Forest Glen, Chicago, United States
Wikidata Q8001537, matched on coordinates and name (385 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- brick
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 16 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildwood Park: 0.0 mi
- Leaning Tower Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Marcheschi Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Jeffery Green Park: 0.9 mi
- Mary Berkmeier Quinn Park of Trees: 1.0 mi
- Wildwood Veteran Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Katyn Massacre Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Veteran Shrine: 0.9 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.7 mi
- Caldwell Woods: 0.8 mi
- Edgebrook Woods: 1.2 mi
- St. Paul Woods: 1.4 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 0.4 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 3.1 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 5.1 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 6.8 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 7.0 mi
- Angel Gabriel: 0.8 mi
- St Joseph: 1.1 mi
- Immaculate Conception: 1.1 mi
- Edgebrook: 1.1 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 1.1 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 1.3 mi
- KE18: 1.8 mi
- KE21: 1.8 mi
- KE37-Harry Caray's: 1.9 mi
- KE39-Hyatt Regency: 2.0 mi
- Skokie Heritage Museum: 1.8 mi
- Norwood Park Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Emily Oak Nature Center: 2.0 mi
- Exploratorium: 2.2 mi
- Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- South Boulevard Beach: 5.9 mi
- Juneway Beach: 6.0 mi
- Lee Street Beach: 6.0 mi
- Rogers Beach: 6.0 mi
- Howard Beach: 6.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 3.5 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 4.0 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 5.2 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 4.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
- Covington Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 23.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.9 mi
- Tedens: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildwood Chicago Police & Fire Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 219° | 259 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 240° | 255 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ENE 74° | 204 m | 4.0 mi |
| Players Hill | S 176° | 187 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1530483319
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 7 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 8 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 9 mi
- Chicagoland · 10 mi
- Berwyn · 11 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 11 mi
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