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Jeffery Green Park

Jeffery Green Park from directly overhead

Jeffery Green Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgebrook, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.7 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.00005, -87.76628

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Edgebrook: 0.2 mi
  • Angel Gabriel: 1.4 mi
  • Immaculate Conception: 1.6 mi
  • St Joseph: 1.6 mi
  • St Francis of Assisi: 1.7 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Museums
Beaches
Peaks: 18
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.3 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 Jeffery Green Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 221°259 m24.6 mi
Mount HoyWSW 242°255 m24.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreENE 63°204 m3.5 mi
Players HillS 180°187 m8.6 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 solstice07:1715:3816:23

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
  • lesser celandine673 obs
  • White-tailed Deer453 obs
  • prairie trillium229 obs
  • mayapple187 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle177 obs
  • white fawnlily173 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty170 obs
  • garlic mustard167 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/24725006

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