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Hayes Park

Hayes Park from directly overhead

Hayes Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bejcek Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.5 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74052, -87.69694

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bejcek Park: 0.7 mi
  • Yukich Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Evergreen Racquet & Fitness: 0.9 mi
  • Lee Park: 1.0 mi
  • James J. Sexton Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Darius and Girenas Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Tanya Safforld: 2.3 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 2.4 mi
  • Tuskeegee Airmen: 2.9 mi
  • Tank Memorial: 2.9 mi
Artworks
  • MLK Living Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Renaissance Park Sculpture: 2.2 mi
  • Thurgood Marshall: 2.5 mi
  • Eye Can See Now: 3.0 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 3.1 mi
Gardens
  • Englewood Village Plaza: 4.2 mi
  • Stockyard Gardens: 4.7 mi
  • Perry Ave Commons: 5.0 mi
  • King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 5.2 mi
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 4.3 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 6.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Gallager: 7.8 mi
  • Castle Car Wash: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 7.5 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Players Hill: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.0 mi
  • Lake Strini: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 268°259 m19.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 359°204 m19.6 mi
Chanute HillESE 111°195 m23.8 mi
Players HillNNW 339°187 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 4 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail43 obs
  • Red Admiral26 obs
  • Monarch23 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • common buckthorn15 obs
  • American pokeweed12 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/126282698

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