Monument Park
Monument Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is World War I Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- World War I Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Norwood Park Water Fountain: 0.8 mi
- Veteran Shrine: 1.1 mi
- Katyn Massacre Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Edison Park: 0.2 mi
- Olympia Park: 0.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
- Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Brooks Park: 0.8 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 1.0 mi
- KE36-Rivers Casino: 1.3 mi
- KE38: 1.4 mi
- KE19: 1.4 mi
- KE20: 1.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.5 mi
- Caldwell Woods: 1.6 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.9 mi
- Dam No. 4 Woods-East: 1.9 mi
- Park Ridge Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Norwood Park Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Wildwood Nature Center: 2.4 mi
- Museum of Hummels: 2.5 mi
- Niles Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 1.9 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 3.7 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 5.0 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 5.2 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 6.1 mi
- South Boulevard Beach: 7.9 mi
- Lee Street Beach: 8.0 mi
- Juneway Beach: 8.0 mi
- Rogers Beach: 8.0 mi
- Howard Beach: 8.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 1.6 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.4 mi
- Hidden Hill: 3.8 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 6.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 2.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
- Covington Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 22.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.7 mi
- Tedens: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monument Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 216° | 259 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 238° | 255 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ENE 75° | 204 m | 6.0 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 163° | 187 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 7 mi away.
- lesser celandine432 obs
- White-tailed Deer148 obs
- garlic mustard114 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel95 obs
- prairie trillium86 obs
- creeping thistle76 obs
- Monarch66 obs
- Black Swallowtail60 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/119622846
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 8 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 8 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 10 mi
- Berwyn · 11 mi
- Chicagoland · 11 mi
- Cicero · 11 mi
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