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Jefferson Memorial Park

Jefferson Memorial Park from directly overhead

Jefferson Memorial Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Jefferson Park War Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.96854, -87.76428

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Jefferson Park War Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Ella Labagh: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Old Treaty Elm Historic Marker: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 1.8 mi
Artworks
Parks
Picnic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 20
  • Horner Park Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 4.8 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 225°259 m23.1 mi
Mount HoyWSW 246°255 m23.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 38°204 m4.8 mi
Players HillS 182°187 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer457 obs
  • lesser celandine365 obs
  • American Robin231 obs
  • Great Blue Heron225 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle203 obs
  • Virginia bluebells180 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty178 obs
  • white fawnlily156 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/27861631

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