Cottonwood Park
Cottonwood Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Moore Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.6 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 8 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moore Park: 0.4 mi
- Hubbard Park: 0.4 mi
- Levin Park: 0.6 mi
- Sweet Clover Park: 0.7 mi
- Ohio Park: 0.7 mi
- PCC Austin Farm: 0.5 mi
- Hart Peace Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 1.5 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 1.5 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 1.6 mi
- Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- G.A.R. Woods: 3.8 mi
- Thatcher Woods Trailside Meuseum of Natural History: 3.9 mi
- Thatcher Woods: 3.9 mi
- Gold Star Men of the World War: 1.3 mi
- Carol Domroese: 1.6 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.6 mi
- Dr. DeeDee Farmer: 1.7 mi
- Mrs. Kalita: 1.8 mi
- Oak Park River Forest Museum: 1.4 mi
- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum: 2.3 mi
- Wonder Works Children's Museum: 2.5 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 2.5 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 2.5 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 2.2 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #1: 4.1 mi
- Miller Meadow-South Grove #3: 4.1 mi
- Maywood Grove Grove #1: 4.1 mi
- Miller Meadow-South Grove #4: 4.2 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 2.7 mi
- Waller Apartments: 2.8 mi
- Gallager: 3.0 mi
- Dolphin: 5.3 mi
- California Sea Lion: 5.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 3.0 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 6.8 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 7.2 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 7.6 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 8.1 mi
- Players Hill: 0.9 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.1 mi
- Hidden Hill: 6.6 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 16.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.9 mi
- Lake Strini: 24.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Tedens: 17.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 238° | 259 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 261° | 255 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 14° | 204 m | 10.0 mi |
| Players Hill | SW 235° | 187 m | 0.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 7 mi away.
- Large Milkweed Bug256 obs
- common milkweed230 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee210 obs
- Western Honey Bee178 obs
- Monarch142 obs
- rattlesnake master105 obs
- Black Swallowtail98 obs
- American Robin87 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/203775696
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 1 mi
- Berwyn · 3 mi
- Cicero · 3 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 4 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 4 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 5 mi
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