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Austin Town Hall Park

Austin Town Hall Park from directly overhead

Austin Town Hall Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Levin Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.2 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
189 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.88850, -87.76586

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
  • Turtle: 0.8 mi
  • Pod Of Sun Seeds: 0.9 mi
  • Wonder: 0.9 mi
  • Pathfinder: 0.9 mi
  • Pyxis: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Castle Car Wash: 3.4 mi
  • Waller Apartments: 3.5 mi
  • Gallager: 3.8 mi
  • Dolphin: 5.0 mi
  • California Sea Lion: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 236°259 m19.5 mi
Mount HoyW 260°255 m21.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 18°204 m9.8 mi
Players HillS 186°187 m0.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
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: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 7 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail123 obs
  • American Robin100 obs
  • Monarch95 obs
  • common milkweed88 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee71 obs
  • Red Admiral68 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail64 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel62 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/179219615

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