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LaFollette Park

LaFollette Park from directly overhead

LaFollette Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is De George Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.0 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.90534, -87.75391

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Pyxis: 0.8 mi
  • Our King: 0.8 mi
  • In Memory of Ed Trinka: 1.6 mi
  • Turtle: 1.8 mi
  • Wonder: 1.8 mi
Gardens
  • Hart Peace Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • PCC Austin Farm: 1.4 mi
  • Greenleaf Garden: 1.5 mi
  • West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 1.8 mi
  • Oak Park Apartments: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 234°259 m20.6 mi
Mount HoyWSW 257°255 m22.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 17°204 m8.5 mi
Players HillSSW 199°187 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 8 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail61 obs
  • Monarch53 obs
  • Piping Plover49 obs
  • common milkweed41 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee41 obs
  • American Robin38 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail37 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade36 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/32706211

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