Munroe Park
Munroe Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Patrick King-Anthony Lockhart Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 10.0 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Patrick King-Anthony Lockhart Park: 0.3 mi
- Beverly Park: 0.5 mi
- Crescent Park: 0.5 mi
- Barnard Park: 0.8 mi
- McKiernan Park: 0.9 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 3.4 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 4.0 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ridge Park Wetlands: 1.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 2.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South: 2.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.4 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 2.0 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 3.7 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.2 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 4.2 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 4.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South Grove 12: 2.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South Grove 11: 2.3 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 9: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - West Grove 6: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - West Grove 7: 2.4 mi
- Tank Memorial: 3.4 mi
- WWI War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Kids Off The Block Gun Violence Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 4.1 mi
- Rear Erecting Shops: 4.1 mi
- Al Capone's House: 5.5 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 6.9 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.9 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 9.8 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 5.8 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 6.1 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 6.3 mi
- Dorchester Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 6.8 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 7.9 mi
- South Shore Beach: 7.9 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 8.0 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 8.1 mi
- Calumet Beach: 8.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 6.1 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.7 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 10.0 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 11.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 12.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 14.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 16.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 16.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 9.6 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 21.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 22.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 19.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 21.6 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Tedens: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Munroe Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 276° | 259 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 104° | 214 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 358° | 204 m | 22.3 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 105° | 195 m | 22.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 341° | 187 m | 12.7 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 | 20:29 |
| 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.
- Black Swallowtail40 obs
- Monarch35 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle31 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee28 obs
- common milkweed24 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth24 obs
- American Robin23 obs
- Red Admiral23 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/175838554
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 0 mi
- Evergreen Park · 2 mi
- Alsip · 3 mi
- Blue Island · 3 mi
- Oak Lawn · 4 mi
- Crestwood · 5 mi
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