Hamilton Park
Hamilton Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Leland Giants Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.4 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 17.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leland Giants Park: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Auburn Park: 0.7 mi
- Saint Leo's Veteran's Garden: 0.7 mi
- Periwinkle Park: 1.0 mi
- African American Marine Corps Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Tuskeegee Airmen: 0.7 mi
- Aspire: 0.8 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 1.0 mi
- SA Edwin Shanahan Memorial Marker: 1.2 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 0.9 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 1.1 mi
- Englewood Junction: 1.2 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 1.3 mi
- Stop The Violence Chicago: 1.7 mi
- Al Capone's House: 1.0 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 3.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.3 mi
- Gallager: 7.3 mi
- Beluga: 7.3 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 1.8 mi
- King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 1.9 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 2.0 mi
- Perry Ave Commons: 2.0 mi
- Dr. Alison Davis Garden: 2.3 mi
- African American Firefighters Museum: 2.5 mi
- DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center: 2.6 mi
- The Renaissance Society: 2.6 mi
- David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art: 2.9 mi
- Obama Presidential Center Museum: 3.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 15: 2.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 2: 2.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 16: 2.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 10: 2.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 3: 2.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 2.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East: 2.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 2.8 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.9 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 3.6 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 3.6 mi
- South Shore Beach: 3.9 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 4.1 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 4.1 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 5.6 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.7 mi
- Players Hill: 10.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 11.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 19.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 12.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 15.7 mi
- Tedens: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hamilton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 265° | 259 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 116° | 214 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 349° | 204 m | 18.3 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 117° | 195 m | 21.6 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 319° | 187 m | 10.3 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 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| 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 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 6 mi away.
- House Sparrow13 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel13 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth13 obs
- Red Clover10 obs
- chicory9 obs
- common milkweed8 obs
- ground-ivy8 obs
- Monarch7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/116953047
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 3 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 3 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 4 mi
- Evergreen Park · 4 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 5 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 5 mi
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