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Marquette Park

Marquette Park from directly overhead

Marquette Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is MLK Living Memorial, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.6 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
185 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76797, -87.70201

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • MLK Living Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Eye Can See Now: 1.3 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 1.9 mi
  • Giant Cow: 2.1 mi
  • Space Junction of Energy: 2.3 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 4.3 mi
  • Gallager: 5.9 mi
  • Castle Car Wash: 5.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Mount Bridgeport: 5.9 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Players Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 263°259 m19.6 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 359°204 m17.7 mi
Chanute HillESE 115°195 m24.8 mi
Players HillNNW 336°187 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
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, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel42 obs
  • House Sparrow37 obs
  • American Robin32 obs
  • Mallard21 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron19 obs
  • common milkweed16 obs
  • Bluegill16 obs
  • House Finch16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/34318481

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