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Euclid Park

Euclid Park from directly overhead

Euclid Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wendell Smith Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 10 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
182 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71682, -87.63768

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 1.8 mi
  • Mahalia Jackson: 2.4 mi
  • Renaissance Park Sculpture: 2.5 mi
  • Thurgood Marshall: 2.9 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 3.3 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 4.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.0 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.5 mi
Gardens
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • South Merrill Community Garden: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 8.7 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Players Hill: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 18.9 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 273°259 m22.8 mi
Mount LieberESE 109°214 m21.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 351°204 m21.5 mi
Chanute HillESE 110°195 m20.4 mi
Players HillNNW 329°187 m12.8 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, 7 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
  • common milkweed21 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • American Robin14 obs
  • Large Milkweed Bug13 obs
  • Canada Goose11 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle11 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade11 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/138758719

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