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Ogden Plaza

Ogden Plaza from directly overhead

Ogden Plaza is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicago Rising from the Lake, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.89024, -87.61990

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
Parks
  • Riverwalk East: 0.2 mi
  • Bennett Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeshore East Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cascade Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jane Addams Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Limestone Glade: 0.3 mi
  • Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Dark Plate: 0.6 mi
  • Lurie Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Light Plate: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove B: 0.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove C: 0.5 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 1.8 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 1.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 16
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 3.6 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Players Hill: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNNW 334°204 m10.2 mi
Players HillW 262°187 m7.7 mi

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, 2 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon1,261 obs
  • House Sparrow958 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull835 obs
  • Canada Goose785 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird779 obs
  • Monarch489 obs
  • Western Honey Bee473 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel376 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1271633426

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