Dunbar Park
Dunbar Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Joseph R. Holmes, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.6 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 23.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Joseph R. Holmes: 0.1 mi
- Robert S. Abbott: 0.1 mi
- Oscar C. Brown, Sr.: 0.1 mi
- Lou Rawls: 0.1 mi
- Joe Louis: 0.1 mi
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Monument: 0.1 mi
- Monument to Great Northern Migration: 0.5 mi
- Man on a Bench: 0.5 mi
- Caracol: 0.7 mi
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Garden: 0.3 mi
- McCormick Rooftop Garden: 0.8 mi
- Blues Heaven Garden: 0.9 mi
- Daphne Garden: 1.5 mi
- Welcome Garden: 1.8 mi
- Lake Meadows Park: 0.4 mi
- Farr Field: 0.5 mi
- Daniel Hale Williams Park: 0.5 mi
- Stuart Field: 0.5 mi
- Park No. 474: 0.5 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 0.6 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 0.6 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- Chess Studio: 0.9 mi
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 1.0 mi
- Henry B. Clarke House: 1.1 mi
- Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice: 1.7 mi
- Heritage Museum of Asian Art: 1.8 mi
- Beluga: 1.9 mi
- Sea Lion: 1.9 mi
- Penguins: 1.9 mi
- Sea Otter: 1.9 mi
- Doane Observatory: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 2.9 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 9: 3.8 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 8: 3.9 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 10: 4.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 0.7 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 2.9 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 3.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 1.5 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.3 mi
- Players Hill: 8.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 9.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 16.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 10.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 18.1 mi
- Tedens: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dunbar Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 252° | 259 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 341° | 204 m | 13.4 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 130° | 195 m | 23.8 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 288° | 187 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 1 mi away.
- Red-winged Blackbird359 obs
- Monarch330 obs
- Canada Goose308 obs
- common milkweed262 obs
- Western Honey Bee242 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug231 obs
- Ring-billed Gull209 obs
- Mallard198 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/157655064
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 1 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 1 mi
- Chicago · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 3 mi
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