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Shedd Park

Shedd Park from directly overhead

Shedd Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Car Wash, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
183 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.85020, -87.71688

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Limas Park: 0.3 mi
  • Park No. 519: 0.3 mi
  • Homan Park: 0.4 mi
  • London Park: 0.6 mi
  • Miami Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Troy Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Cook County Jail Urban Farming Program: 1.3 mi
  • Sunken Gardens: 1.4 mi
  • Music Court: 2.0 mi
  • Water Courts Formal Garden: 2.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Picnic sites
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 3.6 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 9.6 mi
  • Lake Strini: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 246°259 m20.4 mi
Mount HoyW 267°255 m23.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 3°204 m12.0 mi
Players HillNW 304°187 m3.1 mi
Conditions

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Piping Plover55 obs
  • American Robin42 obs
  • House Sparrow35 obs
  • Rock Pigeon34 obs
  • chicory33 obs
  • common milkweed32 obs
  • Black Swallowtail31 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade30 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000755OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/136508005

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