- Elevation, modelled
- 178 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mounded Landfill259 m · 24.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 660.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8721, -87.6350
Polk Street Pier is a park in Illinois, at a modelled 178 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Southbank Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.4 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Polk Street Pier. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 247° | 259 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 341° | 204 m | 11.1 mi |
| Players Hill | W 272° | 187 m | 6.8 mi |
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 25.3 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Southbank Park: 0.1 mi
- Ferd Kramer Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- Printers Row Park: 0.3 mi
- Dearborn Park: 0.3 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.4 mi
- Oscar O. D'Angelo Park: 0.2 mi
- Pillar of Fire: 0.4 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington: 0.5 mi
- Home Insurance Building Site: 0.6 mi
- Spirit of Music (Theodore Thomas Memorial): 0.6 mi
- Play Street Meuseum: 0.2 mi
- Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum: 0.4 mi
- Color Factory: 0.4 mi
- Money Museum: 0.4 mi
- The Museum of Contemporary Photography: 0.6 mi
- San Marco II: 0.3 mi
- Alchemy—Birds and Stone: 0.3 mi
- All Roads Lead Back to the Loop: 0.4 mi
- Ceres: 0.4 mi
- atmospheric Wave Wall: 0.4 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 0.4 mi
- The Ledge: 0.5 mi
- Weather Bell: 0.6 mi
- Paris Metro Entryway (Metra): 0.7 mi
- Begin Route 66: 0.7 mi
- The Garden: 0.5 mi
- Congress Triangle Garden: 0.6 mi
- Sir Georg Solti Garden: 0.7 mi
- South Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Pritzker Garden: 0.9 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.2 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.5 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 3.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 3.2 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.5 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 1.9 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 2.2 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 2.7 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 4.0 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.1 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.6 mi
- Players Hill: 6.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 20.4 mi
- Tedens: 21.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 2 mi away.
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