Moran Park
Moran Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Park No. 437, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.4 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Park No. 437: 0.3 mi
- Luna Park: 0.4 mi
- Sherman (John) Park: 0.5 mi
- Emerald Park: 0.6 mi
- Carpenter Park: 0.6 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Stockyard Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Perry Ave Commons: 1.4 mi
- EduCare Preschool Farm: 1.8 mi
- King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 2.1 mi
- Sherman American History Series: 0.6 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 1.0 mi
- Englewood Junction: 1.0 mi
- Paul Cornell: 1.2 mi
- Keep Loving Each Other: 1.7 mi
- WWII Memorial Fountain: 1.0 mi
- SA Edwin Shanahan Memorial Marker: 1.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Aspire: 1.7 mi
- Tanya Safforld: 1.9 mi
- African American Firefighters Museum: 1.6 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 1.7 mi
- DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center: 2.4 mi
- The Renaissance Society: 2.8 mi
- David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art: 2.8 mi
- Al Capone's House: 2.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.7 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 4.5 mi
- Gallager: 5.2 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 5.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 15: 3.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 16: 3.5 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 9: 3.5 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 10: 3.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 2: 3.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 3.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 3.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East: 3.9 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 4.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 4.0 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 3.7 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 3.8 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 3.9 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 4.2 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 4.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 3.6 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.2 mi
- Players Hill: 8.3 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 11.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 17.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 13.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 14.9 mi
- Tedens: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moran Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 260° | 259 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 119° | 214 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 351° | 204 m | 16.4 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 121° | 195 m | 23.3 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 316° | 187 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 5 mi away.
- Domestic Cat26 obs
- Monarch24 obs
- Black Swallowtail24 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel22 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth21 obs
- common milkweed15 obs
- House Sparrow13 obs
- American pokeweed13 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/136337293
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 3 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 3 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 3 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 4 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 4 mi
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 5 mi
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