Gately Park
Gately Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 14.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 0.2 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 1.2 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 1.6 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 2.2 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 3.4 mi
- Park No. 588: 0.3 mi
- Park 587: 1.0 mi
- Pullman Park: 1.1 mi
- Burnside Park: 1.2 mi
- Arcade Park: 1.2 mi
- Rear Erecting Shops: 1.0 mi
- Kids Off The Block Gun Violence Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Jesse Owens: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 1.4 mi
- Park 565 "Indian Ridge Marsh": 3.1 mi
- Heron Pond: 3.1 mi
- Ridge Park Wetlands: 3.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 3.6 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 2.5 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 3.1 mi
- The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 3.2 mi
- Sky Art: 3.2 mi
- We All Come Together as One: 3.2 mi
- South Chicago Farm: 3.6 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 3.7 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 3.8 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Saginaw Neighbors Garden: 4.1 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 3.8 mi
- Al Capone's House: 3.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 5.5 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 5.7 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.3 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 14: 4.1 mi
- Whistler Woods Picnic Grove 2: 4.1 mi
- Beaubien Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 4.2 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 13: 4.2 mi
- Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 4.2 mi
- Calumet Beach: 4.0 mi
- Munson Beach: 4.0 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 4.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 4.5 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 4.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 8.9 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 9.6 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 10.4 mi
- Arbor Hill: 13.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 18.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 20.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 23.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 8.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 23.6 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 23.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Tedens: 19.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gately Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 274° | 259 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 109° | 214 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 347° | 204 m | 22.4 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 110° | 195 m | 18.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 324° | 187 m | 14.3 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 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| 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 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 9 mi away.
- Painted Turtle63 obs
- Canada Goose49 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk41 obs
- common milkweed32 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel30 obs
- Canvasback27 obs
- American Robin26 obs
- Monarch24 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/116852700
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 2 mi
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 3 mi
- Blue Island · 5 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 5 mi
- Evergreen Park · 5 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 6 mi
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