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Augusta Park

Augusta Park from directly overhead

Augusta Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Park No. 414, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.3 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
185 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.89858, -87.73794

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Our King: 0.5 mi
  • Pyxis: 0.6 mi
  • Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 1.3 mi
  • Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 1.3 mi
  • Persian Lilies: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Hart Peace Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Child Wild: 1.2 mi
  • Quaking Aspens: 1.2 mi
  • City Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Hawthorm Grove: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 237°259 m21.0 mi
Mount HoyWSW 259°255 m23.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 11°204 m8.8 mi
Players HillSW 224°187 m2.2 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 solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch81 obs
  • Black Swallowtail80 obs
  • Wood Duck75 obs
  • common milkweed74 obs
  • American Robin71 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird67 obs
  • Pond Slider56 obs
  • Red Admiral54 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/203775688

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