Block Park
Block Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fernwood Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fernwood Park: 0.4 mi
- Wendell Smith Park: 0.6 mi
- Euclid Park: 0.8 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 0.9 mi
- POP! Heights Park: 1.2 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 1.3 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 3.1 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 3.3 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 3.3 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 3.7 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 1.5 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 1.5 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 2.0 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 2.8 mi
- Rear Erecting Shops: 1.5 mi
- Kids Off The Block Gun Violence Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 2.5 mi
- WWI War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Tuskeegee Airmen: 3.3 mi
- Ridge Park Wetlands: 2.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 2.4 mi
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 2.9 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East: 3.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South: 3.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 14: 3.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South Grove 12: 3.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 13: 3.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South Grove 11: 3.2 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 9: 3.2 mi
- Al Capone's House: 4.0 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 4.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.1 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.2 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.7 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 4.1 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 4.3 mi
- Dorchester Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Calumet Beach: 5.4 mi
- Munson Beach: 5.4 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 5.5 mi
- South Shore Beach: 5.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 5.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.9 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 7.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 9.5 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 10.6 mi
- Players Hill: 13.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 22.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 9.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 22.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 23.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 19.6 mi
- Lake Strini: 24.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- Tedens: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Block Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 274° | 259 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 107° | 214 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 350° | 204 m | 22.3 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 108° | 195 m | 19.9 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 329° | 187 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 8 mi away.
- Canada Goose40 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel28 obs
- common milkweed28 obs
- American Robin17 obs
- ground-ivy16 obs
- tree-of-heaven15 obs
- wild carrot15 obs
- Red Clover13 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/172423865
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 3 mi
- Blue Island · 4 mi
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 4 mi
- Evergreen Park · 4 mi
- Alsip · 6 mi
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