Oriole Park
Oriole Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is KE36-Rivers Casino, a garden 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 10 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 200 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- KE36-Rivers Casino: 0.2 mi
- KE38: 0.8 mi
- KE19: 1.0 mi
- Garvy School Garden: 1.0 mi
- KE20: 1.1 mi
- Summerdale Park: 0.4 mi
- Norwood Circle Park: 0.8 mi
- Mulberry Point Park: 0.9 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.9 mi
- Myrtle Grove: 1.0 mi
- Norwood Park Water Fountain: 0.9 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Robinson Family Burial Ground: 1.8 mi
- Katyn Massacre Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Norwood Park Historical Society: 1.0 mi
- Museum of Hummels: 2.6 mi
- Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Wildwood Nature Center: 3.4 mi
- Irish American Heritage Center: 3.8 mi
- Catherine Chevalier Woods: 1.6 mi
- Schiller Playfield: 1.7 mi
- Caldwell Woods: 1.9 mi
- Dunning Read Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 2.0 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 1.7 mi
- Immaculate Conception: 1.7 mi
- St Joseph: 1.7 mi
- Holy Family: 1.7 mi
- St Maximilian Kolbe: 1.7 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 2.4 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 2.8 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 5.0 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 6.1 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 7.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 7.7 mi
- Leone Beach: 8.2 mi
- Marion Mahoney Griffin Beach: 8.2 mi
- Sherwin Beach: 8.2 mi
- Fargo Beach: 8.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 2.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 2.6 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.3 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 6.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 2.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 20.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.5 mi
- Tedens: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oriole Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 218° | 259 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 242° | 255 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ENE 62° | 204 m | 6.4 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 161° | 187 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel106 obs
- House Sparrow52 obs
- American Robin48 obs
- Monarch40 obs
- Eastern Cottontail37 obs
- Black Swallowtail30 obs
- White-tailed Deer24 obs
- Japanese barberry24 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/32502705
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 7 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 7 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 9 mi
- Berwyn · 10 mi
- Chicagoland · 10 mi
- Cicero · 10 mi
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