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Barnard Park

Barnard Park from directly overhead

Barnard Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridge Historical Society, a museum 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 10 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
192 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70317, -87.67032

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 1.3 mi
  • Renaissance Park Sculpture: 3.4 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 3.7 mi
  • Thurgood Marshall: 3.8 mi
  • Mahalia Jackson: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 4.9 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 6.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.3 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.6 mi
Gardens
  • Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 5.2 mi
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Englewood Village Plaza: 6.0 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Belly Button Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 9.7 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Players Hill: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 19.6 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 275°259 m21.1 mi
Mount LieberESE 105°214 m23.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 355°204 m22.2 mi
Chanute HillESE 106°195 m21.7 mi
Players HillNNW 337°187 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 6 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail37 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle27 obs
  • Monarch27 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee24 obs
  • American Robin23 obs
  • common milkweed22 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth22 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider20 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/136623114

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