Avalon Park
Avalon Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sidney Brown Memorial Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.5 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sidney Brown Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Essex Park: 0.9 mi
- Grand Crossing Park: 1.0 mi
- Dinah Washington Park: 1.0 mi
- Nat King Cole Park: 1.0 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Jesse Owens: 1.2 mi
- Arthur M. Brazier: 1.7 mi
- Confederate Mound: 1.7 mi
- John Harold Johnson: 1.8 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 1.4 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Dorchester Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- South Merrill Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 1.5 mi
- Al Capone's House: 1.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.1 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.9 mi
- Doane Observatory: 8.6 mi
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 2.0 mi
- South Shore Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes South Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes: 2.8 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 3.8 mi
- South Shore Picnic Grove: 2.5 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 16: 2.7 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 2.9 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 3.0 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 7: 3.3 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 2.4 mi
- South Shore Beach: 2.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 2.7 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 3.0 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 3.5 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 7.5 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.1 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.9 mi
- Players Hill: 12.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 11.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 14.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.6 mi
- Tedens: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Avalon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 268° | 259 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 115° | 214 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 344° | 204 m | 20.2 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 117° | 195 m | 19.1 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 316° | 187 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 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, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel59 obs
- silver maple23 obs
- House Sparrow20 obs
- common milkweed17 obs
- Canada Goose12 obs
- wild carrot12 obs
- American Robin11 obs
- House Centipede11 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/125811837
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 1 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 4 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 6 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 6 mi
- Evergreen Park · 6 mi
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