Ballard Park
Ballard Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Golf Mill Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Niles Park District
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 18 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Golf Mill Park: 0.3 mi
- Ballard Point Park: 0.3 mi
- Washington Terrace Park: 0.6 mi
- North Park: 0.7 mi
- Courtland Park: 0.8 mi
- Niles Historical Society: 0.4 mi
- Park Ridge Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Wildwood Nature Center: 2.1 mi
- Des Plaines History Museum: 2.5 mi
- Kinder House: 2.5 mi
- Big Bend Lake Grove #1: 1.9 mi
- Camp Ground Road Woods Grove #1: 2.1 mi
- Northwestern Woods Grove #1: 2.3 mi
- St. Paul Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2: 2.4 mi
- Wayside Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.4 mi
- Belleau Wood Memorial: 2.0 mi
- World War I Memorial: 3.0 mi
- The Plank Road: 3.0 mi
- Veteran Shrine: 3.3 mi
- Katyn Massacre Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 2.7 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 2.8 mi
- KE20: 4.0 mi
- Community garden: 4.0 mi
- KE19: 4.0 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 3.4 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 3.4 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 3.9 mi
- Plant identification trail: 4.3 mi
- Sugar Shack: 4.3 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 7.3 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 7.4 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 7.4 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 7.5 mi
- Kenilworth Beach: 7.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 2.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.0 mi
- Hidden Hill: 6.4 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 6.9 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 9.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 3.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.5 mi
- Covington Bluff: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ballard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SSW 210° | 259 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | SW 231° | 255 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 101° | 204 m | 6.9 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 163° | 187 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 6 mi away.
- bur oak48 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee43 obs
- Black Swallowtail39 obs
- rattlesnake master36 obs
- House Sparrow33 obs
- Monarch33 obs
- rough blazing star30 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel29 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/33261179
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 11 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 11 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 13 mi
- Berwyn · 14 mi
- Chicagoland · 14 mi
- Cicero · 14 mi
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