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Senka Park

Senka Park from directly overhead

Senka Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Park No. 585, a park 0.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.79159, -87.71193

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Eye Can See Now: 1.1 mi
  • Space Junction of Energy: 1.4 mi
  • MLK Living Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Flight Forms: 1.6 mi
  • Giant Cow: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 1.3 mi
  • Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 1.5 mi
  • Chicago Maritime Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Heritage Museum of Asian Art: 4.1 mi
  • African American Firefighters Museum: 4.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 20
  • Mount Bridgeport: 4.8 mi
  • Players Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 13.6 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 258°259 m19.4 mi
Mount HoyW 277°255 m24.3 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 1°204 m16.0 mi
Players HillNNW 334°187 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 2 mi away.

  • Domestic Cat254 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel201 obs
  • American Robin169 obs
  • Common Raccoon169 obs
  • Virginia Opossum148 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail123 obs
  • House Sparrow90 obs
  • Mourning Dove79 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/126548812

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