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Drexel Park

Drexel Park from directly overhead

Drexel Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cicero Community Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.7 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
183 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Clyde Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.82765, -87.75804

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cicero Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cicero Park: 0.3 mi
  • Columbus Park: 0.4 mi
  • Duck Pond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Manor Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Bobby Hull: 0.2 mi
  • Lincoln: The Friendly Neighbor: 2.5 mi
  • American Eagle: 2.7 mi
  • American Eagle: 2.7 mi
  • American Eagle: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Manuel Perez Jr.: 1.7 mi
  • Manuel Pérez Jr.: 1.7 mi
  • Archer Heights Veterans Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Solidarity Monument: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions
  • Castle Car Wash: 2.6 mi
  • Gallager: 3.0 mi
  • Dolphin: 3.7 mi
  • Emu: 3.7 mi
  • Reindeer: 3.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Cook County Jail Urban Farming Program: 3.3 mi
  • Lincoln School Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Troy Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Oak Park Conservatory: 3.4 mi
  • Family Garden: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 5.8 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Lake Strini: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 248°259 m17.8 mi
Mount HoyW 271°255 m21.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 11°204 m13.8 mi
Players HillN 352°187 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Sparrow243 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco133 obs
  • Mourning Dove108 obs
  • American Robin105 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel102 obs
  • Northern Cardinal74 obs
  • Piping Plover63 obs
  • House Finch61 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1069475896

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