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Riverdale Park

Riverdale Park from directly overhead

Riverdale Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mohawk Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 9.7 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
183 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Riverdale Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.64565, -87.62533

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mohawk Park: 0.2 mi
  • Riverdale Park Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
  • Prairie Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dolton-Riverdale Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ivanhoe Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site: 1.0 mi
  • Former Lincoln School Entrance: 1.2 mi
  • Altgeld Gardens Memorial Wall: 1.6 mi
  • WWI War Memorial: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 0.9 mi
  • Prairie Boat: 1.8 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 3.5 mi
  • Pride Of East Side: 6.6 mi
  • The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.2 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 5.2 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 6.3 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 8.1 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 8.2 mi
Museums
Beaches: 37
Peaks: 23
  • Belly Button Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 13.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 23.8 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWNW 284°259 m24.1 mi
Mount LieberE 96°214 m20.1 mi
Chanute HillE 96°195 m18.6 mi
Players HillNNW 335°187 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Goldeneye27 obs
  • Bufflehead20 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk18 obs
  • Redhead18 obs
  • Mute Swan17 obs
  • chicory15 obs
  • Lesser Scaup14 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant14 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/216689125

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