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Franklin Park

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Franklin Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Crawford Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.8 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
184 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.86136, -87.73252

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crawford Park: 0.3 mi
  • Keeler Park: 0.3 mi
  • Unity Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ninebark Park: 0.5 mi
  • Violet Playlot Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Independence Square Fountain: 0.7 mi
  • Robert Burns Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Lincoln the Rail-Splitter: 1.6 mi
  • Saint Anthony: 1.8 mi
  • Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 1.9 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Sunken Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Music Court: 1.4 mi
  • Water Courts Formal Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Troy Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Water Courts Formal Garden: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Picnic sites
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 4.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 243°259 m20.0 mi
Mount HoyW 265°255 m23.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 7°204 m11.3 mi
Players HillWNW 299°187 m2.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Sparrow255 obs
  • Large Milkweed Bug244 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee211 obs
  • common milkweed203 obs
  • Western Honey Bee178 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco134 obs
  • Monarch128 obs
  • American Robin123 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/136507374

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