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Sheridan Park

Sheridan Park from directly overhead

Sheridan Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.5 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87047, -87.65490

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Miller Park: 0.1 mi
  • Harry W. Pearce Memorial Grove: 0.2 mi
  • Arrigo Park: 0.3 mi
  • Piazza Italia di Chicago: 0.4 mi
  • Fosco Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove C: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove B: 2.1 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 3.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 17
  • Mount Bridgeport: 1.9 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Players Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 246°259 m23.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 346°204 m10.9 mi
Players HillW 274°187 m5.8 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, 3 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon936 obs
  • House Sparrow441 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel359 obs
  • Canada Goose285 obs
  • Western Honey Bee263 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull250 obs
  • American Robin231 obs
  • Red Admiral209 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/151428223

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