Owens Park
Owens Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rice Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.3 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Burbank Park District
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 5 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rice Park: 0.7 mi
- Harr Park: 0.7 mi
- Scottsdale Park: 1.0 mi
- Rainey Park: 1.0 mi
- Lewandowski Park: 1.3 mi
- Giant Cow: 1.9 mi
- Eye Can See Now: 2.4 mi
- Flight Forms: 2.4 mi
- Space Junction of Energy: 2.5 mi
- MLK Living Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 2.1 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 2.2 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 4.7 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 4.8 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Tank Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Darius and Girenas Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Solidarity Monument: 3.3 mi
- Birthplace of Emmett Till: 3.5 mi
- Food Court: 2.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 16: 3.5 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 1: 3.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 4: 3.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - West Grove 6: 3.6 mi
- Chicago Ridge Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 3.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 3.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 3.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 3.7 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 5.9 mi
- Stockyard Gardens: 6.1 mi
- McKinley Park Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Kesman Garden: 6.6 mi
- Fairy Garden: 6.6 mi
- Al Capone's House: 6.8 mi
- Emu: 6.9 mi
- Bennet's Wallaby: 7.0 mi
- Red Panda: 7.0 mi
- Reindeer: 7.0 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 9.2 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 9.3 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 9.3 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 9.3 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 9.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.2 mi
- Players Hill: 8.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.8 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 9.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 13.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 17.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 14.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 24.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 25.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 16.6 mi
- Lake Strini: 19.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Tedens: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Owens Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 265° | 259 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WNW 284° | 255 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 7° | 204 m | 19.0 mi |
| Players Hill | N 354° | 187 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 2 mi away.
- Black Swallowtail43 obs
- Monarch25 obs
- American Robin19 obs
- bittersweet nightshade10 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee10 obs
- common milkweed8 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
- Red Admiral8 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/190571499
Day trips start here
- Burbank · 3 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 3 mi
- Evergreen Park · 3 mi
- Oak Lawn · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 4 mi
- Alsip · 6 mi
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