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Hoard Park

Hoard Park from directly overhead

Hoard Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Comer Family Reading Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.0 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
181 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates41.76378, -87.59865

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Jackson Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Confederate Mound: 0.3 mi
  • Arthur M. Brazier: 0.3 mi
  • John Harold Johnson: 0.4 mi
  • Harold Washington: 0.4 mi
  • James "Big Jim" Colosimo: 0.4 mi
Parks
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 1.0 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 1.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Doane Observatory: 7.1 mi
  • Beluga: 7.2 mi
Artworks
  • Stop The Violence Chicago: 1.4 mi
  • Statue of the Republic: 1.5 mi
  • Wonder of Woodlawn: 1.5 mi
  • Black Panther: 1.5 mi
  • Mahalia Jackson: 1.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Jackson Park - Grove 16: 1.6 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 1.7 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 1.7 mi
  • South Shore Picnic Grove: 1.8 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 10: 1.9 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 25
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.0 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Players Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 265°259 m24.8 mi
Mount LieberESE 119°214 m21.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 343°204 m18.8 mi
Chanute HillESE 120°195 m19.9 mi
Players HillNW 312°187 m11.6 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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron677 obs
  • American Robin615 obs
  • Mallard527 obs
  • American Herring Gull527 obs
  • Monarch511 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron444 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull425 obs
  • Wood Duck373 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/135887314

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