Sidney Brown Memorial Park
Sidney Brown Memorial Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayor Harold Washington Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.6 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Jesse Owens: 1.8 mi
- Arthur M. Brazier: 1.9 mi
- Confederate Mound: 2.0 mi
- John Harold Johnson: 2.0 mi
- Nat King Cole Park: 0.4 mi
- Tuley Park: 0.6 mi
- Avalon Park: 0.7 mi
- Park No. 419: 1.0 mi
- Burnside Park: 1.1 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 1.2 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 2.6 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 2.7 mi
- Stop The Violence Chicago: 2.9 mi
- BlammO: 3.0 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 1.5 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 2.3 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 3.3 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 3.4 mi
- Obama Presidential Center Museum: 3.5 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 1.7 mi
- Dorchester Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- South Merrill Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Al Capone's House: 1.7 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.5 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.8 mi
- Doane Observatory: 8.8 mi
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 2.2 mi
- South Shore Nature Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 3.2 mi
- Ridge Park Wetlands: 3.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes South Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- South Shore Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 16: 3.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 3.4 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 3.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 14: 3.5 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 3.1 mi
- South Shore Beach: 3.2 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 3.4 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 3.5 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 3.9 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 3.3 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 7.5 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.4 mi
- Players Hill: 12.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 18.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 20.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 11.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 13.8 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.6 mi
- Tedens: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sidney Brown Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 269° | 259 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 114° | 214 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 346° | 204 m | 20.3 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 115° | 195 m | 19.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 319° | 187 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel47 obs
- silver maple22 obs
- House Sparrow17 obs
- common milkweed15 obs
- wild carrot12 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug10 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird9 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/172700254
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 2 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 4 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 5 mi
- Evergreen Park · 5 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 6 mi
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