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Portage Park

Portage Park from directly overhead

Portage Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Nature & Wildlife Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.2 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.95475, -87.76493

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 20
  • Horner Park Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Players Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 226°259 m22.4 mi
Mount HoyWSW 248°255 m23.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 33°204 m5.6 mi
Players HillS 181°187 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel209 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail151 obs
  • American Robin144 obs
  • House Sparrow111 obs
  • Northern Cardinal94 obs
  • Black Swallowtail91 obs
  • Rock Pigeon76 obs
  • Piping Plover65 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/208236541

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