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Arcade Park

Arcade Park from directly overhead

Arcade Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
180 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69164, -87.60895

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 2.1 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 2.6 mi
  • Prairie Boat: 3.0 mi
  • The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 4.0 mi
  • Sky Art: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 4.7 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 4.9 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 5.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 49
Peaks: 24
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 10.6 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 276°259 m24.4 mi
Mount LieberESE 105°214 m19.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 348°204 m23.5 mi
Chanute HillESE 106°195 m18.4 mi
Players HillNNW 327°187 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 9 mi away.

  • Painted Turtle163 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk80 obs
  • Bald Eagle73 obs
  • Great Blue Heron66 obs
  • Canada Goose64 obs
  • Mute Swan42 obs
  • common milkweed41 obs
  • American Robin40 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/178132245

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