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Grand Crossing Park

Grand Crossing Park from directly overhead

Grand Crossing Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.5 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates41.75571, -87.60050

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Adams Park: 0.1 mi
  • Dobson Park: 0.2 mi
  • Railroad Junction Park: 0.4 mi
  • Essex Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hoard Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • South Merrill Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Arthur M. Brazier: 0.8 mi
  • Confederate Mound: 0.8 mi
  • John Harold Johnson: 0.8 mi
  • Harold Washington: 0.9 mi
  • James "Big Jim" Colosimo: 1.0 mi
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 1.1 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 1.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Doane Observatory: 7.7 mi
  • Beluga: 7.7 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Jackson Park - Grove 16: 2.0 mi
  • South Shore Picnic Grove: 2.1 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 2.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 2.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 10: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches: 56
Peaks: 25
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Players Hill: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 266°259 m24.7 mi
Mount LieberESE 117°214 m21.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 344°204 m19.3 mi
Chanute HillESE 119°195 m19.7 mi
Players HillNW 314°187 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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
  • American Robin66 obs
  • Northern Cardinal65 obs
  • Red Clover43 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
  • white clover34 obs
  • Mallard29 obs
  • American Crow29 obs
  • silver maple27 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/125813081

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