Salceda Park
Salceda Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Bald Knob stands 235 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Discover Financial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 22 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 202 m
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 26 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Discover Financial Park: 0.3 mi
- South Park: 1.3 mi
- Wilmot Park: 1.5 mi
- Chamber Park: 1.5 mi
- Wood Oaks Green Park: 1.5 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 1.0 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1: 1.9 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #2: 2.0 mi
- Massasauga Family Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Allison Woods Grove #1: 3.5 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East: 1.1 mi
- Potawatomi Woods: 1.1 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 1.8 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 1.9 mi
- Edward L Ryerson Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 3.6 mi
- Northfield Inn: 3.6 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 3.9 mi
- Raupp Museum: 4.8 mi
- Iconic Rocks: 2.1 mi
- 1834 Capt. Daniel Wright: 2.6 mi
- Lions Club: 2.7 mi
- Trail Marker Tree: 3.2 mi
- Steven Malin, Jr. Memorial: 4.5 mi
- K1 Speed: 2.6 mi
- Plant identification trail: 3.9 mi
- Sugar Shack: 3.9 mi
- The Magic Rock: 3.9 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 5.0 mi
- Organic Teaching Garden: 3.4 mi
- Moraine Township Food Pantry Garden: 4.2 mi
- Garden: 4.2 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.9 mi
- Chicago Botanical Garden: 5.1 mi
- 23: 4.3 mi
- Butterfly Statue: 4.5 mi
- The Sower: 5.0 mi
- Canada Goose: 5.0 mi
- Cuddly Lion: 5.1 mi
- Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 5.8 mi
- Millard Beach: 5.9 mi
- Millard Beach: 5.9 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 6.2 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 7.1 mi
- sled hill: 4.9 mi
- Centennial Hill: 10.1 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 12.9 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 13.7 mi
- Hidden Hill: 14.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salceda Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 315° | 235 m | 23.0 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 356° | 234 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SE 133° | 204 m | 12.9 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 162° | 187 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage53 obs
- prairie trillium37 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty33 obs
- large white trillium30 obs
- Mallard24 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel24 obs
- false rue anemone23 obs
- Monarch22 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/900500806
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 18 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 19 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 20 mi
- Chicagoland · 21 mi
- Berwyn · 22 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 22 mi
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