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Bixler Park

Bixler Park from directly overhead

Bixler Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Amanda's Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.1 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.79241, -87.59336

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Amanda's Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Midway Plaisance Park North Winter Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Readers' Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Midway Plaisance Park South Winter Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Hadiya Pendleton Winter Garden: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Yes And: 0.3 mi
  • Dialogo: 0.3 mi
  • jenitor: 0.4 mi
  • Mother Peace: 0.5 mi
  • Torch Song: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Jackson Park - Grove 9: 0.4 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 10: 0.5 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 8: 0.5 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 7: 0.6 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 0.7 mi
Parks
Attractions
  • Japanese Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.4 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 2.4 mi
  • Doane Observatory: 5.2 mi
  • Beluga: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 23
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 4.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Players Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 124°214 m22.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 340°204 m17.0 mi
Chanute HillSE 125°195 m20.7 mi
Players HillWNW 303°187 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 5 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron853 obs
  • American Robin825 obs
  • Mallard817 obs
  • Monarch703 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel676 obs
  • American Herring Gull648 obs
  • Wood Duck596 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull583 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/206948780

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