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Kiwanis Field

Kiwanis Field from directly overhead

Kiwanis Field is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is WWI War Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
184 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.66748, -87.62369

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 0.8 mi
  • Prairie Boat: 2.0 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 2.2 mi
  • Pride Of East Side: 5.6 mi
  • The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.9 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.2 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 6.6 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 6.8 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 46
Peaks: 24
  • Belly Button Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 12.2 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 22.3 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 281°259 m23.9 mi
Mount LieberE 100°214 m20.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 350°204 m25.0 mi
Chanute HillE 100°195 m18.8 mi
Players HillNNW 333°187 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Goldeneye27 obs
  • Canada Goose27 obs
  • Mute Swan20 obs
  • Bufflehead20 obs
  • Redhead18 obs
  • Bald Eagle14 obs
  • Lesser Scaup14 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant14 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/10931028405

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