Evergreen Park
Evergreen Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Legacy Walk Rainbow Pylon, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.2 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Legacy Walk Rainbow Pylon: 0.2 mi
- General Philip Henry Sheridan Monument: 0.3 mi
- The Nightingale: 0.5 mi
- Brotherhood: 0.6 mi
- Brotherhood: 0.6 mi
- The Pink Triangle & The Harlem Renaissance: 0.2 mi
- Freddie Mercury & Sylvester: 0.2 mi
- Cole Porter & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 0.3 mi
- Bayard Rustin & Sally Ride: 0.3 mi
- Reinaldo Arenas & Alan Turing: 0.3 mi
- Space Park: 0.3 mi
- AIDS Garden Chicago: 0.6 mi
- Sheridan Triangle Garden: 0.9 mi
- Ann Sather Garden: 1.1 mi
- Howard Brown Peace Garden: 1.2 mi
- Advocate Park: 0.4 mi
- Martin Park: 0.4 mi
- Weisman Park: 0.5 mi
- Kenmore Park: 0.5 mi
- Alcott Park: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 13: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 10: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 15: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 8: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 1.5 mi
- Diversey Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 1.2 mi
- Marovitz Savannah Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 0.9 mi
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 1.3 mi
- Polar Bears: 1.3 mi
- Aardvark: 1.3 mi
- Meerkat: 1.3 mi
- The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: 1.1 mi
- The Haitian American Museum of Chicago: 1.9 mi
- Chicago History Museum: 2.1 mi
- International Museum of Surgical Science: 2.3 mi
- Charnley-Pesky House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 2.0 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 2.8 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 3.3 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 3.5 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 3.6 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 2.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.9 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 6.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.7 mi
- Players Hill: 7.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 23.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 21.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 3.9 mi
- Tedens: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Evergreen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 332° | 204 m | 6.5 mi |
| Players Hill | SW 235° | 187 m | 7.7 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, 6 mi away.
- Red-winged Blackbird2,162 obs
- Mallard1,748 obs
- Northern Cardinal1,575 obs
- Canada Goose1,436 obs
- House Sparrow1,286 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,163 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron1,044 obs
- American Robin1,007 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/203672733
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 3 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 3 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 3 mi
- Chicagoland · 3 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 4 mi
- Chicago · 5 mi
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