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Pasteur Park

Pasteur Park from directly overhead

Pasteur Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Space Junction of Energy, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.8 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
184 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.78744, -87.73171

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Space Junction of Energy: 0.3 mi
  • Flight Forms: 0.5 mi
  • Eye Can See Now: 0.7 mi
  • Giant Cow: 0.8 mi
  • MLK Living Memorial: 1.8 mi
Parks
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Museums
  • Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 1.0 mi
  • Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 2.6 mi
  • The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 4.7 mi
  • Chicago Maritime Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Heritage Museum of Asian Art: 5.1 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Castle Car Wash: 4.5 mi
  • Gallager: 4.7 mi
  • Emu: 5.9 mi
  • Reindeer: 5.9 mi
  • Bennet's Wallaby: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 54
Peaks: 21
  • Mount Bridgeport: 5.8 mi
  • Players Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Lake Strini: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pasteur Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 258°259 m18.3 mi
Mount HoyW 278°255 m23.3 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 5°204 m16.4 mi
Players HillNNW 343°187 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Domestic Cat252 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel204 obs
  • American Robin171 obs
  • Common Raccoon167 obs
  • Virginia Opossum146 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail126 obs
  • House Sparrow87 obs
  • Mourning Dove81 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43151562

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