Minuteman Park
Minuteman Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is UBAM Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.2 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 4 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- UBAM Park: 0.4 mi
- Hale Park: 0.8 mi
- Wentworth Park: 0.8 mi
- Lawler Park: 0.9 mi
- Park No. 468: 1.5 mi
- CPD Officer Ella French: 0.9 mi
- American Eagle: 1.0 mi
- American Eagle: 1.0 mi
- American Eagle: 1.0 mi
- Flight Forms: 1.2 mi
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Solidarity Monument: 1.0 mi
- Archer Heights Veterans Monument: 2.1 mi
- Birthplace of Emmett Till: 2.4 mi
- Darius and Girenas Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Food Court: 1.2 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Grove 1: 2.6 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2: 2.8 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Grove 3: 3.0 mi
- White Eagle Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2: 3.2 mi
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 2.3 mi
- Riverside Historical Museum: 4.1 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 4.2 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 4.6 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Chicago Portage National Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods South: 2.7 mi
- Stoney Ford Woods: 2.9 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods North: 3.0 mi
- White Eagle Woods South: 3.1 mi
- Fairy Garden: 4.6 mi
- Kesman Garden: 4.7 mi
- Family Garden: 4.7 mi
- Cook County Jail Urban Farming Program: 5.1 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 5.1 mi
- Emu: 4.7 mi
- Bennet's Wallaby: 4.7 mi
- Reindeer: 4.7 mi
- Red Panda: 4.7 mi
- Alpaca: 4.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 9.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 9.0 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 9.0 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 9.4 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 9.6 mi
- Players Hill: 6.3 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 7.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 9.2 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.3 mi
- Centennial Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 11.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 13.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 13.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 15.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.5 mi
- Lake Strini: 19.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Tedens: 12.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Minuteman Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 257° | 259 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 279° | 255 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 10° | 204 m | 16.8 mi |
| Players Hill | N 359° | 187 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, under a mile away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
- American Robin33 obs
- Eastern Cottontail27 obs
- House Sparrow22 obs
- Black Swallowtail21 obs
- Rock Pigeon15 obs
- Northern Cardinal14 obs
- Carolina Mantis12 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/32804158
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 2 mi
- Burbank · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 4 mi
- Cicero · 4 mi
- Brookfield · 5 mi
- Oak Lawn · 5 mi
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