Osborne Park
Osborne Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Aspen Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.5 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 5 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
- Viewing area · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Aspen Park: 0.3 mi
- Loveland Park: 0.4 mi
- Volunteer Park: 0.6 mi
- Indian Woods Park: 0.6 mi
- Krasowski Park: 0.9 mi
- Palos Fen Nature Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Paddock Woods: 1.7 mi
- Hidden Pond Woods: 1.8 mi
- Palos Park Woods: 1.9 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- Willow Springs Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 4.4 mi
- Flagg Creek Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Sagawau Environmental Learning Center: 5.1 mi
- Centennial Monument: 2.5 mi
- Palos Park Veteran's Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Willow Springs Honor Roll: 3.1 mi
- The Worker: 3.1 mi
- Pulaski Woods: 3.3 mi
- Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Kesman Garden: 7.5 mi
- Fairy Garden: 7.7 mi
- Peirce Park Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 8.5 mi
- John Paul II: 3.0 mi
- Mamie Till-Mobley: 5.2 mi
- CPD Officer Ella French: 6.4 mi
- American Eagle: 6.6 mi
- American Eagle: 6.6 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 7.7 mi
- Bennet's Wallaby: 8.8 mi
- Emu: 8.8 mi
- Parakeet: 8.8 mi
- Red Panda: 8.9 mi
- Westman Beach: 10.0 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 14.3 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 14.3 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 14.5 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 14.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 5.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 6.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 7.8 mi
- Players Hill: 12.3 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 13.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 7.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 8.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 14.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 21.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 21.9 mi
- Lake Strini: 14.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 20.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 2.4 mi
- Tedens: 7.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Osborne Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 278° | 259 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WNW 296° | 255 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 16° | 204 m | 23.0 mi |
| Players Hill | NNE 15° | 187 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 2 mi away.
- prairie trillium40 obs
- mayapple39 obs
- rue anemone37 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood36 obs
- black locust35 obs
- Common Watersnake31 obs
- Blue-spotted Salamander30 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty30 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/823258990
Day trips start here
- Burbank · 3 mi
- Palos Heights · 3 mi
- Oak Lawn · 4 mi
- Alsip · 6 mi
- Crestwood · 6 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 7 mi
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