Mount Greenwood Park
Mount Greenwood Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Anderson Little League Field, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.6 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 12.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Anderson Little League Field: 0.7 mi
- Lawn Manor Park: 0.9 mi
- Barnes Park: 0.9 mi
- Alsip Little League Ball Fields: 0.9 mi
- McKiernan Park: 1.0 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 2.7 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 3.3 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 3.3 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 5.5 mi
- Chicago Ridge Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Ridge Park Wetlands: 3.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South: 3.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 3.8 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 3.8 mi
- Tank Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 3.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.3 mi
- WWI War Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 3.5 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.9 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 5.4 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 5.8 mi
- MLK Living Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 6.8 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 7.8 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 7.9 mi
- Stockyard Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Al Capone's House: 7.2 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.7 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 8.7 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 9.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.7 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 9.7 mi
- South Shore Beach: 9.8 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 9.8 mi
- Munson Beach: 9.9 mi
- Calumet Beach: 9.9 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 4.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 9.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 11.2 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 11.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 12.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 14.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 22.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 9.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 20.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 20.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 19.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 20.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 7.6 mi
- Tedens: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Greenwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 279° | 259 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 1° | 204 m | 23.2 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 102° | 195 m | 23.7 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 349° | 187 m | 13.2 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 | 19:47 | 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: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 5 mi away.
- Mallard26 obs
- Monarch25 obs
- Sandhill Crane19 obs
- American Robin18 obs
- common milkweed17 obs
- wild bergamot17 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle16 obs
- bittersweet nightshade16 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/131817392
Day trips start here
- Alsip · 1 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 1 mi
- Evergreen Park · 2 mi
- Blue Island · 3 mi
- Crestwood · 3 mi
- Oak Lawn · 3 mi
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