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Austin-Foster Park

Austin-Foster Park from directly overhead

Austin-Foster Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is KE39-Hyatt Regency, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.8 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.97658, -87.77895

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Jefferson Park War Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Ella Labagh: 1.7 mi
  • Old Treaty Elm Historic Marker: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 20
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 222°259 m23.0 mi
Mount HoyWSW 244°255 m22.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 49°204 m5.0 mi
Players HillS 175°187 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • lesser celandine355 obs
  • White-tailed Deer345 obs
  • American Robin179 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle173 obs
  • Great Blue Heron155 obs
  • prairie trillium140 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel132 obs
  • white fawnlily132 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/26195853

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