Durkin Park
Durkin Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Scottsdale Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.6 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scottsdale Park: 0.4 mi
- Patterson Park: 0.5 mi
- Bogan Park: 0.6 mi
- Unity Park: 0.6 mi
- Rainey Park: 0.8 mi
- Tank Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Darius and Girenas Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Tanya Safforld: 3.2 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 4.0 mi
- Archer Heights Veterans Monument: 4.2 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 1.7 mi
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 2.4 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 3.4 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 4.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 2.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - West Grove 6: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 4: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 1: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 16: 2.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - West Grove 7: 2.5 mi
- MLK Living Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Eye Can See Now: 2.7 mi
- Giant Cow: 2.7 mi
- Flight Forms: 3.2 mi
- Space Junction of Energy: 3.3 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 5.4 mi
- Stockyard Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Perry Ave Commons: 6.3 mi
- McKinley Park Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 6.6 mi
- Al Capone's House: 5.9 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 7.8 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 7.9 mi
- Gallager: 7.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 8.2 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 8.5 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 8.5 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 8.7 mi
- South Shore Beach: 8.8 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 8.9 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 8.3 mi
- Players Hill: 9.6 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 14.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 18.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 12.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 24.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 24.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 20.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Tedens: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Durkin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 268° | 259 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WNW 286° | 255 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 3° | 204 m | 19.7 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 348° | 187 m | 9.6 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 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 3 mi away.
- Black Swallowtail45 obs
- Monarch25 obs
- Red Admiral14 obs
- American Robin12 obs
- ground-ivy11 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
- common milkweed9 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/138740009
Day trips start here
- Evergreen Park · 2 mi
- Oak Lawn · 2 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 3 mi
- Burbank · 4 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 4 mi
- Alsip · 5 mi
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