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Pietrowski Park

Pietrowski Park from directly overhead

Pietrowski Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pride Of East Side, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71981, -87.53809

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Pride Of East Side: 0.4 mi
  • Sims Metal Management Mural: 0.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Mural: 0.8 mi
  • The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 1.0 mi
  • Sky Art: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • South Chicago Farm: 0.8 mi
  • Saginaw Neighbors Garden: 2.8 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • 71st & Crandon Organic Garden: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 2.3 mi
  • South Shore Picnic Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 16: 4.5 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 4.8 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 3.4 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 5.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.4 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 55
Peaks: 30
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 10.2 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 12.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 115°214 m17.1 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 338°204 m22.7 mi
Chanute HillESE 117°195 m15.7 mi
Players HillNW 312°187 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 10 mi away.

  • American Herring Gull118 obs
  • Canada Goose99 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser94 obs
  • Monk Parakeet91 obs
  • Greater Scaup64 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull58 obs
  • Horned Grebe54 obs
  • Common Goldeneye48 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/178747280

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