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Hodes Park

Hodes Park from directly overhead

Hodes Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodhull Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.2 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76221, -87.58552

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • South Merrill Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 0.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 1.7 mi
  • Doane Observatory: 7.3 mi
  • Beluga: 7.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Stony Island Arts Bank: 0.7 mi
  • Enrico Fermi: 0.8 mi
  • Staples Family: 0.9 mi
  • James "Big Jim" Colosimo: 0.9 mi
  • First Black Owned McDonald's Franchise: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • South Shore Picnic Grove: 1.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 16: 1.3 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 1.5 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 1.5 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 7: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 24
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.4 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Players Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 119°214 m20.6 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 341°204 m19.1 mi
Chanute HillESE 121°195 m19.3 mi
Players HillNW 310°187 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
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, 7 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron654 obs
  • American Robin581 obs
  • American Herring Gull575 obs
  • Monarch535 obs
  • Mallard501 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull475 obs
  • Canada Goose383 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron370 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/1219583504

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