Matanky Park
Matanky Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the northwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Paschen Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.9 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Paschen Park: 0.1 mi
- Lunt Park: 0.3 mi
- Warren Park: 0.3 mi
- Langdon Park: 0.5 mi
- Pottawattomie Park: 0.6 mi
- Wind Harp: 0.6 mi
- City Hall Keystone: 0.7 mi
- Jetty: 0.7 mi
- Pride Flag: 0.8 mi
- Mile of Murals: 0.8 mi
- Indian Boundary Nature Play Center: 0.7 mi
- Loyola Dunes: 1.2 mi
- West Ridge Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- North Park Village - Walking Stick Woods Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- North Park Village Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- The Ruby Garden: 0.8 mi
- Hello! Howard Garden: 0.9 mi
- Howard Area Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Elks Park Comunity Garden: 1.2 mi
- Winthrop Garden: 1.2 mi
- Leather Archives and Museum: 0.9 mi
- Edgewater Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Swedish American Museum: 2.2 mi
- Evanston History Center: 2.5 mi
- North Park Village Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- Leone Beach: 1.1 mi
- Sherwin Beach: 1.1 mi
- Marion Mahoney Griffin Beach: 1.1 mi
- Loyola Beach: 1.1 mi
- Fargo Beach: 1.1 mi
- Salvadoran Martyrs Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 2.7 mi
- Lombard Lamp: 2.8 mi
- Berlin Wall Monument: 2.9 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 3.0 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 2.2 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 2.9 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 5.3 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 5.8 mi
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 6.3 mi
- Peterson Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 17: 2.7 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 3.4 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 3.4 mi
- Irene C. Hernandez Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 3.7 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 1.7 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 3.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.6 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.0 mi
- Hidden Hill: 9.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 1.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Matanky Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NW 311° | 204 m | 1.7 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 206° | 187 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 11 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer492 obs
- Eastern Cottontail415 obs
- American Robin371 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel335 obs
- House Sparrow321 obs
- Monarch310 obs
- Black Swallowtail283 obs
- Mallard271 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/182322336
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 6 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 7 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 8 mi
- Chicagoland · 8 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 9 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 9 mi
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