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Hubbard Park

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Hubbard Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ohio Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
185 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.88894, -87.75013

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Hart Peace Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • PCC Austin Farm: 0.6 mi
  • Quaking Aspens: 1.5 mi
  • Hawthorm Grove: 1.6 mi
  • Child Wild: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • Pyxis: 0.4 mi
  • Our King: 0.5 mi
  • Pod Of Sun Seeds: 1.6 mi
  • Pathfinder: 1.6 mi
  • Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Picnic sites
Attractions
  • Waller Apartments: 2.7 mi
  • Castle Car Wash: 3.0 mi
  • Gallager: 3.2 mi
  • Dolphin: 5.6 mi
  • California Sea Lion: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 237°259 m20.1 mi
Mount HoyW 260°255 m22.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 14°204 m9.6 mi
Players HillSW 224°187 m1.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin79 obs
  • Black Swallowtail77 obs
  • common milkweed76 obs
  • Canada Goose73 obs
  • Monarch67 obs
  • Piping Plover53 obs
  • Mallard51 obs
  • Virginia bluebells50 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/32598617

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