Park Number 528
Park Number 528 is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Giant Cow, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.4 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 18.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Giant Cow: 0.2 mi
- Flight Forms: 0.6 mi
- Space Junction of Energy: 0.7 mi
- Eye Can See Now: 0.7 mi
- MLK Living Memorial: 1.7 mi
- West Lawn Park: 0.5 mi
- Michael Madigan, Sr. Park: 0.5 mi
- Pasteur Park: 0.7 mi
- Lawler Park: 0.8 mi
- Park No. 468: 1.0 mi
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 0.7 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 3.0 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 4.0 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 5.4 mi
- Chicago Maritime Museum: 5.5 mi
- Food Court: 0.8 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 16: 3.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 15: 3.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 1: 3.8 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 4: 3.8 mi
- Archer Heights Veterans Monument: 1.6 mi
- Darius and Girenas Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Solidarity Monument: 2.5 mi
- Tanya Safforld: 2.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 3.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 3.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 4.0 mi
- Chicago Portage National Historic Site: 4.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 4.0 mi
- McKinley Park Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Stockyard Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 4.7 mi
- Cook County Jail Urban Farming Program: 4.7 mi
- Troy Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 5.2 mi
- Gallager: 5.4 mi
- Al Capone's House: 6.1 mi
- Emu: 6.1 mi
- Reindeer: 6.1 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 7.8 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 7.9 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 8.0 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 8.1 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 8.4 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.4 mi
- Players Hill: 7.0 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.8 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 15.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 15.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 16.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 20.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- Tedens: 13.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Park Number 528. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 260° | 259 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 280° | 255 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 5° | 204 m | 17.1 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 347° | 187 m | 7.0 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 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 1 mi away.
- Domestic Cat183 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel138 obs
- Virginia Opossum104 obs
- Common Raccoon95 obs
- American Robin45 obs
- House Sparrow42 obs
- Eastern Cottontail30 obs
- Northern Cardinal25 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/162283901
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 1 mi
- Burbank · 4 mi
- Evergreen Park · 4 mi
- Oak Lawn · 4 mi
- Berwyn · 5 mi
- Cicero · 5 mi
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