Eckhart Park
Eckhart Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Eckhart Park Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.3 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eckhart Park Community Garden: 0.0 mi
- Goose Island Overlook Garden: 0.4 mi
- Met West Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Chicago Lights Urban Farm: 1.1 mi
- Skinner Park Tranquil Garden: 1.2 mi
- Polish Museum of America: 0.2 mi
- Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art: 0.4 mi
- Ukrainian National Museum: 1.2 mi
- WNDR Museum: 1.2 mi
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 1.2 mi
- Bickerdike Square Park: 0.4 mi
- Goose Island Overlook: 0.4 mi
- Commercial Club Park: 0.6 mi
- Pulaski Park: 0.6 mi
- Honoré Park: 0.6 mi
- Flame Of The Millennium: 0.5 mi
- Shit Fountain: 0.7 mi
- Fulton Market District Gateway: 1.0 mi
- Carter Harrison Memorial: 1.0 mi
- James Connolly Monument: 1.0 mi
- James R. Thompson: 1.2 mi
- Haymarket Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Chicago Stadium: 1.3 mi
- Mary Bartelme: 1.3 mi
- Greektown Monument: 1.4 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 1.6 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 2.4 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- The Ledge: 1.8 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 1.8 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 4: 1.9 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 3: 1.9 mi
- Wooden Alley: 1.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 2.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 2.1 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 2.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 2.3 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 2.5 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 3.6 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 4.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 3.6 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 4.7 mi
- Players Hill: 5.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 12.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.4 mi
- Tedens: 21.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eckhart Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 242° | 259 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 345° | 204 m | 9.0 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 255° | 187 m | 5.7 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon486 obs
- House Sparrow413 obs
- Eastern Cottontail262 obs
- American Robin221 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron175 obs
- Red Admiral158 obs
- Canada Goose155 obs
- Northern Cardinal150 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/5732023
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 1 mi
- Chicagoland · 1 mi
- Chicago · 2 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
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