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Memorial Park

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Memorial Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Emanuel Chris Welch Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.5 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
191 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maywood Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.88171, -87.84583

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Emanuel Chris Welch Park: 0.3 mi
  • Water Works Park: 0.4 mi
  • Winfield Scott Park: 0.6 mi
  • Maywood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lemm Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Fred Hampton: 0.6 mi
  • George Dilboy Memorial Statue: 1.4 mi
  • Cougar Pride: 2.2 mi
  • Shrouded Body: 2.3 mi
  • Wolf Head: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Broadview Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Healing Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Triton College Botanical Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Lincoln School Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Oak Park Conservatory: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Addax: 3.3 mi
  • Grevy's Zebra: 3.3 mi
  • Przewalski's Horse: 3.3 mi
  • Bactrian Camel: 3.3 mi
  • Giraffe Feeding Area: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 56
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Lake Strini: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 229°259 m15.9 mi
Mount HoyW 259°255 m17.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 36°204 m12.2 mi
Players HillE 96°187 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer207 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel109 obs
  • lesser celandine94 obs
  • Pharaoh Cicada91 obs
  • Cassin's 17-year Cicada83 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk78 obs
  • House Sparrow75 obs
  • Monarch75 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/32334604

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