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Blackwelder Park

Blackwelder Park from directly overhead

Blackwelder Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Almond Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
190 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates41.68363, -87.67099

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Almond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Prairie Park: 0.4 mi
  • Morgan Park Sports Center Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bohn Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kennedy Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 1.3 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 2.7 mi
  • Prairie Boat: 4.7 mi
  • Renaissance Park Sculpture: 4.7 mi
  • Thurgood Marshall: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Gardens
  • Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 4.5 mi
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 7.3 mi
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 6.1 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.5 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 7.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 46
Peaks: 27
  • Belly Button Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 11.1 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 21.0 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 279°259 m21.3 mi
Mount LieberESE 102°214 m22.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 356°204 m23.5 mi
Chanute HillESE 102°195 m21.4 mi
Players HillNNW 339°187 m14.2 mi
Conditions

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail25 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle24 obs
  • Monarch23 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider20 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth18 obs
  • Sandhill Crane17 obs
  • common milkweed14 obs
  • American Robin13 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/138757852

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