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Ohio Park

Ohio Park from directly overhead

Ohio Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Our King, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.0 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
185 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.89169, -87.74442

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Our King: 0.3 mi
  • Pyxis: 0.3 mi
  • Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 1.4 mi
  • Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 1.4 mi
  • Persian Lilies: 1.4 mi
Parks
Gardens
  • Hart Peace Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • PCC Austin Farm: 1.0 mi
  • Quaking Aspens: 1.3 mi
  • Child Wild: 1.3 mi
  • Hawthorm Grove: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.2 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 237°259 m20.5 mi
Mount HoyW 260°255 m22.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 12°204 m9.3 mi
Players HillSW 227°187 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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.

  • Canada Goose76 obs
  • American Robin74 obs
  • common milkweed72 obs
  • Monarch62 obs
  • Black Swallowtail61 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird49 obs
  • Mallard48 obs
  • Piping Plover46 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/182197169

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