Gertrud Kolmar Park
Gertrud Kolmar Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is KE16, a garden 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.5 miles off. 20 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
- 6.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- KE16: 0.3 mi
- IC6-Gerald J Roper Gateway: 0.5 mi
- ED2: 0.5 mi
- Ke22-Gale Street Inn: 0.8 mi
- First Nations Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- National Veterans Art Museum: 0.4 mi
- Irish American Heritage Center: 0.6 mi
- National Cambodian Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
- North Park Village Nature Center: 2.3 mi
- Walt Disney Birthplace House: 2.5 mi
- Mayfair Park: 0.5 mi
- Six Corner's Parklet: 0.5 mi
- Dickinson Park: 0.5 mi
- Park No. 593: 0.7 mi
- Kilbourn Park: 0.9 mi
- Quarks VI: 1.2 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Statue: 1.4 mi
- Samuel Gompers Monument: 1.5 mi
- Hope and Renewal: 1.7 mi
- Hope and Renewal: 1.7 mi
- Irene C. Hernandez Family Picnic Grove: 1.3 mi
- Gompers Park Lagoon: 1.4 mi
- LaBagh Woods: 1.5 mi
- Forest Glen Woods: 1.8 mi
- North Park Village - Walking Stick Woods Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Jefferson Park War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Ella Labagh: 1.5 mi
- Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 1.7 mi
- The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 1.7 mi
- Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Irene C. Hernandez Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.4 mi
- La Bagh Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.7 mi
- Forest Glen Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.9 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 2.3 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 2.3 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 3.0 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 4.4 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 4.4 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 5.2 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 5.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.0 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 5.0 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 5.0 mi
- Glenlake Avenue Beach: 5.1 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 5.1 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 5.0 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.1 mi
- Hidden Hill: 5.3 mi
- Players Hill: 5.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 6.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- Covington Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 3.4 mi
- Tedens: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gertrud Kolmar Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 228° | 259 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 249° | 255 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 22° | 204 m | 5.0 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 193° | 187 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| 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, 10 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer359 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel307 obs
- American Robin274 obs
- lesser celandine264 obs
- Black Swallowtail212 obs
- Great Blue Heron204 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth177 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle173 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/36539288
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 4 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 5 mi
- Chicagoland · 6 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 7 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 7 mi
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