Riis Park
Riis Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacob A. Riis Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 11 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jacob A. Riis Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Jo & Bob Heitch: 1.5 mi
- Robert Carson: 1.6 mi
- Alex Lizcano Knittle: 1.6 mi
- Gold Star Men of the World War: 1.7 mi
- Giant Radio Flyer Wagon: 0.4 mi
- In Memory of Ed Trinka: 1.9 mi
- Nesewin - How to Breathe Underwater: 2.2 mi
- Moai: 2.2 mi
- Shrouded Body: 2.3 mi
- Aiello Park: 0.5 mi
- Amundsen Park: 0.8 mi
- Rutherford Sayre Park: 0.9 mi
- Rutherford Sayre Park: 0.9 mi
- Bell Park: 1.1 mi
- Wonder Works Children's Museum: 1.2 mi
- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum: 2.4 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 2.4 mi
- Walt Disney Birthplace House: 2.5 mi
- Oak Park River Forest Museum: 2.6 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 1.5 mi
- Evans Field Grove #1: 2.5 mi
- Jerome Huppert Woods Grove #1: 2.7 mi
- Sunset Bridge Meadow Grove #1: 2.8 mi
- Fullerton Woods Grove #1: 2.9 mi
- Greenleaf Garden: 1.8 mi
- Nature & Wildlife Garden: 2.2 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 2.4 mi
- Hart Peace Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- PCC Austin Farm: 2.8 mi
- Dunning Read Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Evans Field: 2.5 mi
- Jerome Huppert Woods: 2.7 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 2.8 mi
- Fullerton Woods: 2.8 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 3.7 mi
- Waller Apartments: 5.0 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 5.9 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 5.9 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 6.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.2 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 7.7 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 7.8 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 7.9 mi
- Glenlake Avenue Beach: 8.0 mi
- Players Hill: 3.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 3.7 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 6.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Covington Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.4 mi
- Tedens: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 229° | 259 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 253° | 255 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 30° | 204 m | 7.8 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 169° | 187 m | 3.5 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 | 20:31 |
| 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: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel202 obs
- Eastern Cottontail122 obs
- American Robin121 obs
- House Sparrow119 obs
- Northern Cardinal98 obs
- Monarch84 obs
- Canada Goose80 obs
- Black Swallowtail68 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 95000483OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/28708758
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 3 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 4 mi
- Berwyn · 6 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 6 mi
- Cicero · 6 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 7 mi
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