Kensington Park
Kensington Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kids Off The Block Gun Violence Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 12.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kids Off The Block Gun Violence Memorial: 0.3 mi
- WWI War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Rear Erecting Shops: 1.1 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Memorial Wall: 1.8 mi
- Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site: 2.0 mi
- Park No. 584: 0.6 mi
- Park No. 573: 0.7 mi
- Palmer Park: 0.8 mi
- Langley Park: 0.9 mi
- Arcade Park: 0.9 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 0.9 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 1.9 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 2.2 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 3.6 mi
- Park No. 595: 1.5 mi
- Whistler Woods: 1.9 mi
- Heron Pond: 2.5 mi
- Park 565 "Indian Ridge Marsh": 2.8 mi
- Hegewisch Marsh: 3.0 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 1.7 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 1.9 mi
- Prairie Boat: 2.3 mi
- Pride Of East Side: 4.8 mi
- The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 4.8 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 2.0 mi
- South Chicago Farm: 5.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 5.8 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 4.2 mi
- Al Capone's House: 5.7 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 5.9 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.6 mi
- Munson Beach: 5.0 mi
- Calumet Beach: 5.1 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 5.4 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 5.8 mi
- Whihala Beach: 6.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 7.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.4 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 11.4 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 12.4 mi
- Sledding Hill: 12.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 18.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 20.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 20.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 25.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 7.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 21.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 21.6 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 12.8 mi
- Tedens: 18.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kensington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 279° | 259 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 103° | 214 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 349° | 204 m | 24.2 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 103° | 195 m | 18.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 330° | 187 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 9 mi away.
- Canada Goose42 obs
- Redhead27 obs
- Mute Swan25 obs
- Common Goldeneye23 obs
- Lesser Scaup21 obs
- Canvasback21 obs
- Bufflehead20 obs
- common milkweed20 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/172583071
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 2 mi
- Blue Island · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 4 mi
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 5 mi
- Evergreen Park · 5 mi
- Harvey · 5 mi
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