Indian Road Park
Indian Road Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Berkmeier Quinn Park of Trees, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.7 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mary Berkmeier Quinn Park of Trees: 0.4 mi
- Rosedale Park: 0.5 mi
- Jeffery Green Park: 0.8 mi
- Marcheschi Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Norwood Park: 0.9 mi
- Caldwell Woods: 0.5 mi
- Edgebrook Woods: 0.7 mi
- Thaddeus S. "Ted" Lechowicz Woods: 0.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.8 mi
- Indian Road Woods Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Edgebrook: 0.8 mi
- Angel Gabriel: 1.0 mi
- Immaculate Conception: 1.1 mi
- St Joseph: 1.2 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 1.2 mi
- KE18: 0.8 mi
- KE21: 0.8 mi
- KE39-Hyatt Regency: 1.0 mi
- KE37-Harry Caray's: 1.1 mi
- Garvy School Garden: 1.5 mi
- Wildwood Chicago Police & Fire Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Wildwood Veteran Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Katyn Massacre Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Veteran Shrine: 1.3 mi
- Norwood Park Historical Society: 1.1 mi
- Emily Oak Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- Irish American Heritage Center: 2.6 mi
- Skokie Heritage Museum: 2.6 mi
- North Park Village Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 1.3 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 3.0 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 4.4 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 6.4 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 7.3 mi
- Marion Mahoney Griffin Beach: 6.2 mi
- Fargo Beach: 6.2 mi
- Howard Beach: 6.2 mi
- Sherwin Beach: 6.2 mi
- South Boulevard Beach: 6.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 3.7 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.1 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 4.3 mi
- Hidden Hill: 4.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 4.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 4.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
- Covington Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 22.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.6 mi
- Tedens: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Indian Road Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 220° | 259 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 242° | 255 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ENE 61° | 204 m | 4.3 mi |
| Players Hill | S 176° | 187 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 8 mi away.
- lesser celandine578 obs
- White-tailed Deer307 obs
- prairie trillium159 obs
- garlic mustard141 obs
- Dryad's Saddle138 obs
- mayapple133 obs
- white fawnlily125 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty115 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/24725017
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 6 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 7 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 8 mi
- Chicagoland · 9 mi
- Berwyn · 10 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 10 mi
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