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Frederick Harding Park

Frederick Harding Park from directly overhead

Frederick Harding Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Linden Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.2 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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Coordinates41.90246, -87.72481

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Child Wild: 1.1 mi
  • Humboldt Park Formal Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Horticulture Hall: 1.1 mi
  • Quaking Aspens: 1.1 mi
  • Garfield Produce Co.: 1.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Taylor Park Patio: 3.1 mi
  • Horner Picnic Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Horner Picnic Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.7 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 5.7 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 237°259 m21.7 mi
Mount HoyWSW 258°255 m23.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 7°204 m8.4 mi
Players HillSW 230°187 m2.9 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 solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wood Duck301 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird178 obs
  • Black Swallowtail157 obs
  • American Robin142 obs
  • Mallard127 obs
  • Monarch125 obs
  • common milkweed121 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron116 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/203775692

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