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Simons Park

Simons Park from directly overhead

Simons Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Graffiti Garden, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.3 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
184 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.91146, -87.71546

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Graffiti Garden: 0.2 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Paradise Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Monticello Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Whipple Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Humboldt Park Formal Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Corner Garden: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Horner Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Horner Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Taylor Park Patio: 3.6 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.1 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 20
  • Horner Park Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Players Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 5.9 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 5.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 236°259 m22.5 mi
Mount HoyWSW 257°255 m24.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 4°204 m7.8 mi
Players HillSW 227°187 m3.7 mi
Conditions

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wood Duck300 obs
  • American Robin217 obs
  • Black Swallowtail212 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird184 obs
  • Northern Cardinal175 obs
  • Red Admiral161 obs
  • Rock Pigeon160 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel160 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/136455478

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