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Maragaret Davis Park

Maragaret Davis Park from directly overhead

Maragaret Davis Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 188 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is LaFollette Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.0 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
188 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.90195, -87.76215

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Hart Peace Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • PCC Austin Farm: 1.1 mi
  • Greenleaf Garden: 1.1 mi
  • West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 1.3 mi
  • Oak Park Apartments: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Pyxis: 0.8 mi
  • Our King: 1.0 mi
  • In Memory of Ed Trinka: 1.1 mi
  • Turtle: 1.3 mi
  • Wonder: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.0 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 234°259 m20.1 mi
Mount HoyWSW 257°255 m22.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 19°204 m8.9 mi
Players HillS 189°187 m1.8 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: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

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

  • Monarch80 obs
  • Black Swallowtail79 obs
  • American Robin69 obs
  • common milkweed64 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee50 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail46 obs
  • Piping Plover45 obs
  • House Sparrow43 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/203775689

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