Harrison Park
Harrison Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is National Museum of Mexican Art, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.8 miles off. 18 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
- 0.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- National Museum of Mexican Art: 0.1 mi
- National Public Housing Museum: 1.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice: 1.4 mi
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: 1.7 mi
- WNDR Museum: 1.9 mi
- Emiliano Zapata: 0.1 mi
- Francisco Madero: 0.5 mi
- Emiliano Zapata: 0.5 mi
- Cuauhtémoc: 0.5 mi
- José María Pino Suárez: 0.5 mi
- Barrett Park: 0.3 mi
- Jane Addams Park: 0.7 mi
- Baraga Park: 0.8 mi
- Throop Park: 0.8 mi
- Little Prairie on the Campus: 0.8 mi
- La Huerta Roots and Rays: 0.5 mi
- Roosevelt Square Farm: 0.9 mi
- Morgan Street Native Garden: 1.2 mi
- Troy Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Loomis Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Ice=Cream Dream: 0.6 mi
- Escudo Nacional de Mexico: 0.6 mi
- Marquette Monument: 0.9 mi
- West Side Grounds: 0.9 mi
- Vietnam Survivors Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Gallager: 1.9 mi
- Waller Apartments: 2.3 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 2.4 mi
- The Ledge: 2.5 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 2.5 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 3.4 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 3.4 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 4.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 4.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.7 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 3.5 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 3.7 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 4.0 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 4.1 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 1.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 3.1 mi
- Players Hill: 5.0 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 7.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 18.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 20.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 20.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 9.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.7 mi
- Tedens: 19.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harrison Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 247° | 259 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 352° | 204 m | 11.6 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 285° | 187 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel202 obs
- common milkweed135 obs
- Monarch111 obs
- American Robin110 obs
- Rock Pigeon102 obs
- Canada Goose101 obs
- Western Honey Bee94 obs
- House Sparrow85 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/168104071
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near West Side · 1 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 1 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 2 mi
- Chicago · 3 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 3 mi
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