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Altgeld Park

Altgeld Park from directly overhead

Altgeld Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Park Number 574, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.7 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
181 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.87454, -87.69285

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Sunken Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Water Courts Formal Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Music Court: 1.4 mi
  • Garfield Produce Co.: 1.4 mi
  • Troy Community Garden: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove C: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove B: 3.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.2 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 4.2 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 19
  • Mount Bridgeport: 3.2 mi
  • Players Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Altgeld Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 243°259 m22.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 356°204 m10.3 mi
Players HillW 271°187 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin115 obs
  • Black Swallowtail80 obs
  • common milkweed77 obs
  • Monarch74 obs
  • Red Admiral74 obs
  • Piping Plover71 obs
  • House Sparrow69 obs
  • Northern Cardinal65 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/134045254

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