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Grand Park

Grand Park from directly overhead

Grand 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 WHPop, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.8 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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Coordinates41.90119, -87.71501

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • WHPop: 0.4 mi
  • Park No. 432: 0.4 mi
  • Park No. 514: 0.5 mi
  • Central Playlot Park: 0.5 mi
  • Frederick Harding Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Humboldt Park Formal Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Garfield Produce Co.: 0.9 mi
  • Mozart's Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Horticulture Hall: 1.0 mi
  • Child Wild: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Taylor Park Patio: 3.6 mi
  • Horner Picnic Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Horner Picnic Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 5.3 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.5 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 Grand Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 238°259 m22.1 mi
Mount HoyW 259°255 m24.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 3°204 m8.5 mi
Players HillWSW 237°187 m3.2 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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wood Duck302 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird178 obs
  • American Robin178 obs
  • Black Swallowtail160 obs
  • Monarch135 obs
  • Northern Cardinal131 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel130 obs
  • common milkweed128 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/203775691

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