Nat King Cole Park
Nat King Cole Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayor Harold Washington Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.4 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park Dirstrict
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Tuskeegee Airmen: 1.8 mi
- Arthur M. Brazier: 2.0 mi
- Confederate Mound: 2.0 mi
- African American Marine Corps Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Sidney Brown Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Tuley Park: 0.6 mi
- Park No. 419: 0.8 mi
- West Chatham Park: 0.9 mi
- Avalon Park: 1.0 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 0.9 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 2.2 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 2.4 mi
- Stop The Violence Chicago: 2.9 mi
- Englewood Junction: 3.1 mi
- Al Capone's House: 1.6 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.7 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.9 mi
- Doane Observatory: 8.8 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 1.8 mi
- Dorchester Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- South Merrill Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 1.8 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 2.4 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 3.0 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 3.3 mi
- The Renaissance Society: 3.5 mi
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 2.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 2.8 mi
- Ridge Park Wetlands: 3.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East: 3.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 3.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 14: 3.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 13: 3.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 10: 3.2 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 3: 3.2 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 2: 3.3 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 3.4 mi
- South Shore Beach: 3.4 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 3.6 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 3.7 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 4.1 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 3.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 7.3 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.2 mi
- Players Hill: 12.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 20.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 11.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.5 mi
- Tedens: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nat King Cole Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 269° | 259 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 114° | 214 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 347° | 204 m | 20.2 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 115° | 195 m | 19.9 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 320° | 187 m | 12.3 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 | 20:29 |
| 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 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel35 obs
- silver maple22 obs
- House Sparrow17 obs
- common milkweed14 obs
- wild carrot11 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug9 obs
- American Robin8 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/136203936
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 2 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 5 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 5 mi
- Evergreen Park · 5 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 6 mi
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