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Roosevelt Park

Roosevelt Park from directly overhead

Roosevelt Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Play Street Meuseum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.7 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
180 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.86814, -87.63014

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mary Richardson Jones Park: 0.1 mi
  • Dearborn Park: 0.2 mi
  • Ferd Kramer Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Printers Row Park: 0.4 mi
  • Polk Street Pier: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • The Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Congress Triangle Garden: 0.6 mi
  • South Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Sir Georg Solti Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Welcome Garden: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove C: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove B: 1.2 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 3.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 17
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 2.0 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Players Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNNW 340°204 m11.4 mi
Players HillW 274°187 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
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 °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 1 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon1,177 obs
  • Canada Goose902 obs
  • House Sparrow789 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird760 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull691 obs
  • Monarch587 obs
  • Western Honey Bee579 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel495 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/85595093

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