Centennial Park
Centennial Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Schrei Field, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Blue Island Park District
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Schrei Field: 0.4 mi
- Central Park: 0.7 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.8 mi
- Louis S. Viverito Park: 0.8 mi
- Hart Park: 1.0 mi
- Whistler Woods: 1.6 mi
- Park No. 595: 1.8 mi
- Markham Prairie - East Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Sundrop Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Gensburg - Markham Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 1.7 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 2.5 mi
- Prairie Boat: 3.8 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 6.4 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 6.7 mi
- WWI War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Kids Off The Block Gun Violence Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 2.8 mi
- Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site: 3.0 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 2.7 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 3.6 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 4.1 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 4.5 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 3.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.3 mi
- HAST Garden: 7.8 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 7.9 mi
- South Chicago Farm: 8.1 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 5.4 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 6.8 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.3 mi
- Al Capone's House: 7.5 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 8.3 mi
- Munson Beach: 7.9 mi
- Calumet Beach: 8.0 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 8.3 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 8.6 mi
- Whihala Beach: 8.9 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 4.3 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 9.6 mi
- Sledding Hill: 12.6 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 12.7 mi
- Arbor Hill: 13.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 6.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 19.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 19.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 17.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 17.5 mi
- Lake Strini: 22.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 22.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Tedens: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Centennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 283° | 259 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Lieber | E 98° | 214 m | 22.2 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 98° | 195 m | 20.8 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 341° | 187 m | 15.9 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.
- Redhead22 obs
- Common Goldeneye20 obs
- white snakeroot15 obs
- Greater Scaup14 obs
- common buckthorn13 obs
- Mallard12 obs
- House Sparrow11 obs
- American Robin10 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/175986746
Day trips start here
- Blue Island · 1 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 3 mi
- Harvey · 3 mi
- Alsip · 4 mi
- Crestwood · 4 mi
- Midlothian · 4 mi
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