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Mozart Park

Mozart Park from directly overhead

Mozart Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Park No. 579 - Ridgeway Trailhead, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.91801, -87.72353

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Monticello Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Paradise Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Corner Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Altgeld Sawyer Corner Farm: 1.0 mi
  • Whipple Community Garden: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 20
  • Horner Park Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Players Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 5.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 235°259 m22.4 mi
Mount HoyWSW 256°255 m24.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 7°204 m7.3 mi
Players HillSW 218°187 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wood Duck294 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird169 obs
  • American Robin155 obs
  • Black Swallowtail151 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade128 obs
  • Mallard121 obs
  • Red Admiral116 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel112 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/32561916

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