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Maggie Daley Park

Maggie Daley Park from directly overhead

Maggie Daley Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Grove B, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.3 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates41.88298, -87.61818

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove B: 0.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove C: 0.0 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 2.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Federal Building Columns: 0.1 mi
  • Federal Building Columns: 0.1 mi
  • Edward B. Butler: 0.2 mi
  • Millennium Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Yader "Yak" Castaneda: 0.3 mi
Attractions
Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Dark Plate: 0.2 mi
  • Lurie Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Light Plate: 0.2 mi
  • Pritzker Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Limestone Glade: 0.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 16
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 3.2 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Players Hill: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNNW 335°204 m10.7 mi
Players HillW 266°187 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
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 °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rock Pigeon1,248 obs
  • House Sparrow967 obs
  • Canada Goose862 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull861 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird830 obs
  • Monarch577 obs
  • Western Honey Bee566 obs
  • American Robin379 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/224231352

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