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Crescent Park

Crescent Park from directly overhead

Crescent Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 201 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Patrick King-Anthony Lockhart Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 10 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
201 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69728, -87.67796

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 1.5 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 3.6 mi
  • Renaissance Park Sculpture: 3.9 mi
  • Thurgood Marshall: 4.3 mi
  • Mahalia Jackson: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 5.3 mi
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Englewood Village Plaza: 6.5 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 6.7 mi
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 5.4 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 6.7 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 47
Peaks: 24
  • Belly Button Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 10.2 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 20.0 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 276°259 m20.8 mi
Mount LieberESE 104°214 m23.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 356°204 m22.6 mi
Chanute HillESE 104°195 m22.0 mi
Players HillNNW 339°187 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
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.

  • Black Swallowtail39 obs
  • Monarch31 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle30 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth24 obs
  • common milkweed23 obs
  • American Robin22 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider20 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade20 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/136624733

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