Chicago Portage National Historic Site
Chicago Portage National Historic Site is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Marquette and Joliet Explorer Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.1 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 20.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 3 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marquette and Joliet Explorer Statue: 0.1 mi
- American Eagle: 1.5 mi
- American Eagle: 1.5 mi
- American Eagle: 1.5 mi
- CPD Officer Ella French: 1.6 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods South: 0.2 mi
- Stoney Ford Woods: 0.5 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods North: 0.7 mi
- White Eagle Woods South: 0.9 mi
- Cermak Woods: 0.9 mi
- Forest View Park: 0.4 mi
- Stars & Stripes Park: 0.6 mi
- Hanover Park: 0.8 mi
- O'Reilly Park: 0.9 mi
- Normandy Park: 1.0 mi
- Solidarity Monument: 1.5 mi
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Birthplace of Emmett Till: 2.1 mi
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument: 2.3 mi
- Cannon Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Riverside Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- La Grange Area Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum: 3.8 mi
- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum: 4.7 mi
- Fairy Garden: 2.2 mi
- Family Garden: 2.3 mi
- Kesman Garden: 2.3 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 2.7 mi
- Broadview Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Emu: 2.3 mi
- Bennet's Wallaby: 2.3 mi
- Red Panda: 2.3 mi
- Reindeer: 2.3 mi
- Parakeet: 2.3 mi
- Westman Beach: 7.8 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 8.7 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 10.4 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 10.8 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 10.9 mi
- Players Hill: 5.2 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.4 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 10.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 10.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 12.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 13.9 mi
- Lake Strini: 18.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chicago Portage National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 250° | 259 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 276° | 255 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 19° | 204 m | 15.9 mi |
| Players Hill | NNE 21° | 187 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Monarch189 obs
- White-tailed Deer94 obs
- Black Swallowtail83 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee76 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel71 obs
- American Robin69 obs
- Eastern Cottontail55 obs
- dame's rocket52 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/164425256
Day trips start here
- Berwyn · 3 mi
- Brookfield · 3 mi
- Burbank · 4 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 4 mi
- Cicero · 4 mi
- La Grange · 4 mi
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