Bulger Park
Bulger 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 Bataan Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.2 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 192 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 23.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 9 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bataan Park: 0.6 mi
- Triton Grounds: 0.9 mi
- Juan Montoya Park: 0.9 mi
- Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park: 1.0 mi
- Trumbull Park: 1.2 mi
- Kiddieland: 0.8 mi
- Sistie’s Garden: 1.5 mi
- Sister Benita Newhouse, O.P.: 1.5 mi
- Dominican University: 1.5 mi
- Underground Railroad Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Triton College Botanical Garden: 1.0 mi
- Healing Garden: 3.3 mi
- Broadview Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Greenleaf Garden: 3.7 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 3.8 mi
- Silver Creek Family Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Sunset Bridge Meadow Grove #1: 1.2 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #2: 1.2 mi
- Fullerton Woods Family Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #1: 1.3 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Bridge Meadow: 1.1 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.2 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.5 mi
- Maywood Grove: 1.5 mi
- Casa Italia: 1.4 mi
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History: 1.6 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 2.9 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 2.9 mi
- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum: 3.0 mi
- Fred Hampton: 1.6 mi
- Cougar Pride: 2.3 mi
- Shrouded Body: 2.3 mi
- Well: 2.9 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 2.9 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 3.3 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 3.9 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 4.0 mi
- Addax: 5.0 mi
- Grevy's Zebra: 5.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 7.7 mi
- Westman Beach: 8.2 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 11.7 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 11.7 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 11.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 3.1 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.5 mi
- Players Hill: 4.9 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 8.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 5.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 16.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 16.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 10.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 21.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.6 mi
- Covington Bluff: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bulger Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 224° | 259 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 253° | 255 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 43° | 204 m | 11.1 mi |
| Players Hill | ESE 115° | 187 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 6 mi away.
- common milkweed252 obs
- White-tailed Deer178 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel98 obs
- lesser celandine88 obs
- Butterweed76 obs
- House Sparrow70 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk68 obs
- American Robin67 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/32488123
Day trips start here
- Berwyn · 5 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 5 mi
- Brookfield · 6 mi
- Cicero · 6 mi
- Oak Brook · 6 mi
- La Grange · 7 mi
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