Gladys Park
Gladys Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Park No. 422, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.2 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Park No. 422: 0.1 mi
- Magnolia Park: 0.2 mi
- Horan Park: 0.3 mi
- Homan Square Park: 0.5 mi
- Boler Park: 0.6 mi
- Norman Cornwall Memorial (WWI Obelisk): 0.4 mi
- Vietnam Survivors Memorial: 1.4 mi
- M3 Stuart Tank: 1.5 mi
- Our Lady of the Angels School Fire Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Chicago Stadium: 1.8 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Music Court: 0.6 mi
- Water Courts Formal Garden: 0.6 mi
- Water Courts Formal Garden: 0.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln the Rail-Splitter: 0.5 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Idyl: 0.8 mi
- Persian Lilies: 0.9 mi
- Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 0.9 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 0.7 mi
- Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 3.7 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 4.9 mi
- Waller Apartments: 0.9 mi
- Gallager: 1.6 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 1.7 mi
- The Ledge: 3.7 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 3.8 mi
- Chicago Center for Green Technology: 1.0 mi
- Ukrainian National Museum: 1.8 mi
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 1.8 mi
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture: 1.8 mi
- National Museum of Mexican Art: 2.3 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 4.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 4.8 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 2.1 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 4.8 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 5.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 5.3 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 5.8 mi
- Players Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 8.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.7 mi
- Tedens: 18.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gladys Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 242° | 259 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 263° | 255 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 1° | 204 m | 10.2 mi |
| Players Hill | W 269° | 187 m | 3.0 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 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, 5 mi away.
- American Robin78 obs
- Piping Plover75 obs
- Black Swallowtail70 obs
- Monarch66 obs
- common milkweed64 obs
- Red Admiral48 obs
- Canada Goose47 obs
- Northern Cardinal44 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/136453623
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 3 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 3 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 3 mi
- Chicagoland · 3 mi
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