Foster Park
Foster Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Hallaren Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.2 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- O'Hallaren Park: 0.5 mi
- Marshfield Park: 0.5 mi
- The Grove: 0.6 mi
- Renaissance Park: 0.7 mi
- Dawes Park: 0.8 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 0.7 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 1.1 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 2.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 2.6 mi
- Englewood Junction: 2.8 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 14: 0.8 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 10: 0.9 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 13: 0.9 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 3: 0.9 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 2: 1.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East: 0.9 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 1.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 1.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 1.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 1.1 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 1.0 mi
- Tuskeegee Airmen: 1.2 mi
- WWII Memorial Fountain: 2.3 mi
- Tanya Safforld: 2.4 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 3.9 mi
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 4.0 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 4.1 mi
- Al Capone's House: 2.6 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 4.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
- Gallager: 8.1 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 8.2 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 3.3 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 3.4 mi
- King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 3.8 mi
- Perry Ave Commons: 3.8 mi
- Dorchester Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 5.3 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 5.4 mi
- South Shore Beach: 5.4 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 5.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 5.9 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.9 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 7.0 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 9.2 mi
- Players Hill: 10.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 11.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 24.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.0 mi
- Lake Strini: 23.6 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Tedens: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Foster Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 268° | 259 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 112° | 214 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 353° | 204 m | 19.6 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 113° | 195 m | 22.1 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 329° | 187 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel13 obs
- American Robin12 obs
- American pokeweed11 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee10 obs
- House Sparrow9 obs
- Red Admiral9 obs
- bittersweet nightshade9 obs
- wild geranium8 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/135920780
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 3 mi
- Evergreen Park · 3 mi
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 4 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 5 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 5 mi
- Oak Lawn · 5 mi
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