Palmer Park
Palmer Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.4 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 191 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 11.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 8 mi
- Viewing area · 27 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Community Park: 0.6 mi
- Passarelli Park: 0.7 mi
- Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Crawford Park: 0.9 mi
- Altman Park: 0.9 mi
- Paddock Woods: 1.8 mi
- Palos Park Woods: 2.1 mi
- Tinley Creek Woods: 2.3 mi
- Bachelor's Grove Woods: 2.5 mi
- McClaughry Springs Woods: 2.5 mi
- Palos Park Veteran's Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Centennial Monument: 2.0 mi
- Tank Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Kesman Garden: 10.2 mi
- Fairy Garden: 10.5 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 10.7 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 11.2 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 4.5 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 4.9 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 5.0 mi
- Willow Springs Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 6.5 mi
- John Paul II: 5.9 mi
- Mamie Till-Mobley: 7.6 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 8.0 mi
- Giant Cow: 8.3 mi
- CPD Officer Ella French: 8.5 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 9.2 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 10.0 mi
- Al Capone's House: 11.4 mi
- Emu: 11.5 mi
- Bennet's Wallaby: 11.5 mi
- Westman Beach: 12.9 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 14.1 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 14.1 mi
- South Shore Beach: 14.1 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 14.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 4.9 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.4 mi
- Signal Hill: 8.3 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 13.7 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 14.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 9.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 10.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 22.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 12.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 19.1 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 19.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 15.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 22.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 3.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Palmer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 287° | 259 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WNW 300° | 255 m | 22.7 mi |
| Players Hill | N 7° | 187 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
- Mute Swan66 obs
- Mallard63 obs
- Canada Goose37 obs
- Pond Slider27 obs
- Monarch25 obs
- Great Blue Heron24 obs
- Black Swallowtail20 obs
- cutleaf teasel20 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/255369091
Day trips start here
- Palos Heights · 0 mi
- Alsip · 3 mi
- Crestwood · 3 mi
- Oak Lawn · 4 mi
- Burbank · 5 mi
- Midlothian · 5 mi
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