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Bataan Park

Bataan Park from directly overhead

Bataan Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.7 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Veterans Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.89935, -87.84596

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bulger Park: 0.6 mi
  • Juan Montoya Park: 0.7 mi
  • Maywood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Grotto: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Fred Hampton: 1.0 mi
  • Cougar Pride: 1.8 mi
  • Shrouded Body: 1.9 mi
  • Well: 2.4 mi
  • Frank Lloyd Wright: 2.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Triton College Botanical Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Healing Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Broadview Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Greenleaf Garden: 3.3 mi
  • West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Hidden Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Players Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Lake Strini: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 226°259 m16.7 mi
Mount HoyWSW 255°255 m17.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 40°204 m11.2 mi
Players HillESE 112°187 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common milkweed263 obs
  • White-tailed Deer219 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel105 obs
  • lesser celandine99 obs
  • Butterweed83 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk73 obs
  • Monarch72 obs
  • American Robin69 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/118054127

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