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Cosme Park

Cosme Park from directly overhead

Cosme Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.9 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
189 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72773, -87.66796

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Renaissance Park Sculpture: 1.7 mi
  • Thurgood Marshall: 2.2 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 2.6 mi
  • Mahalia Jackson: 2.8 mi
  • MLK Living Memorial: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 2.1 mi
  • Tuskeegee Airmen: 2.2 mi
  • Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Tanya Safforld: 3.2 mi
  • Darius and Girenas Memorial: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 3.5 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 5.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.5 mi
  • Gallager: 8.9 mi
Gardens
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Englewood Village Plaza: 4.3 mi
  • King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Perry Ave Commons: 4.8 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 8.0 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Players Hill: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 18.0 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 271°259 m21.2 mi
Mount LieberESE 109°214 m23.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 355°204 m20.5 mi
Chanute HillESE 110°195 m22.1 mi
Players HillNNW 333°187 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
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, 6 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee30 obs
  • Red Admiral25 obs
  • American Robin23 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle20 obs
  • Black Swallowtail20 obs
  • Monarch19 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade19 obs
  • common milkweed18 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/172244176

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