Armour Square Park
Armour Square Park is a park 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 Comiskey Park Home Plate, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.1 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 22.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Comiskey Park Home Plate: 0.1 mi
- Lt. Joseph T. McKeon, Jr: 0.5 mi
- Haymarket Police Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Seaman First Class James Humbert: 0.6 mi
- Sergeant Gregory J. Sintic: 0.7 mi
- James R. Thompson: 0.2 mi
- Man on a Bench: 0.4 mi
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Monument: 0.8 mi
- Bronzeville Renaissance Mural: 0.8 mi
- Canaryville: 1.0 mi
- Park No. 474: 0.4 mi
- Stuart Field: 0.5 mi
- McKeon Park: 0.5 mi
- Farr Field: 0.5 mi
- Wentworth Gardens Park: 0.6 mi
- Heritage Museum of Asian Art: 0.9 mi
- Chicago Maritime Museum: 1.2 mi
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 1.2 mi
- Chess Studio: 1.5 mi
- Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Garden: 1.1 mi
- Legends Farm: 1.4 mi
- McCormick Rooftop Garden: 1.5 mi
- Blues Heaven Garden: 1.5 mi
- Great Migration Sculpture Garden: 1.9 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 1.4 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 1.5 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Beluga: 2.6 mi
- Sea Lion: 2.6 mi
- Penguins: 2.6 mi
- Sea Otter: 2.6 mi
- Dolphin: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 3.5 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 9: 3.8 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 8: 4.0 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 10: 4.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 1.5 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 2.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 2.5 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 3.1 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 4.1 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 1.0 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.0 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.2 mi
- Players Hill: 7.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 9.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 15.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 11.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 17.7 mi
- Tedens: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Armour Square Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 253° | 259 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 344° | 204 m | 13.6 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 128° | 195 m | 24.1 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 293° | 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.
- Canada Goose146 obs
- common milkweed130 obs
- Mallard112 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel111 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird93 obs
- Monarch82 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug80 obs
- House Sparrow79 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 03000789OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/157657340
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/Loop · 3 mi
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