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Sioux Park

Sioux Park from directly overhead

Sioux Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheyenne Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Des Plaines Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06364, -87.91343

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches
  • Glencoe Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Tower Road Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Maple Street Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Cherry Street Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.6 mi
  • sled hill: 10.9 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 200°259 m24.5 mi
Mount HoySW 221°255 m21.1 mi
Leahy HillN 0°234 m25.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 105°204 m11.0 mi
Players HillSSE 150°187 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 4 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee44 obs
  • Monarch39 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee37 obs
  • Black Swallowtail35 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail26 obs
  • House Sparrow25 obs
  • Western Honey Bee24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel22 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/42308662

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