Skinner Park
Skinner Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Skinner Park Tranquil Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skinner Park Tranquil Garden: 0.0 mi
- Loomis Street Community Garden: 0.0 mi
- Community Roots Demonstration Garden: 0.1 mi
- Roosevelt Square Farm: 1.0 mi
- Met West Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Magoo – For Lord Buckley: 0.0 mi
- Carter Harrison Memorial: 0.3 mi
- James Connolly Monument: 0.3 mi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Monument: 0.5 mi
- Play for Peace: 0.6 mi
- WNDR Museum: 0.3 mi
- National Public Housing Museum: 0.7 mi
- National Hellenic Museum: 0.8 mi
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art: 1.1 mi
- Garibaldi Park: 0.5 mi
- Mary Bartelme Park: 0.6 mi
- Arrigo Park: 0.6 mi
- Healing Garden: 0.7 mi
- Harrison Square: 0.7 mi
- Mary Bartelme: 0.6 mi
- Samuel Guthrie: 0.6 mi
- Chicago Stadium: 0.7 mi
- Louis Pasteur Monument: 0.7 mi
- James R. Thompson: 0.7 mi
- The Ledge: 1.3 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 1.3 mi
- Weather Bell: 1.6 mi
- Begin Route 66: 1.9 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 4: 1.9 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 2.8 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 2.3 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 3.0 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 2.5 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 2.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 2.8 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 3.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 4.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.7 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.9 mi
- Players Hill: 5.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 19.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Tedens: 20.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skinner Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 244° | 259 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 347° | 204 m | 10.2 mi |
| Players Hill | W 267° | 187 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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, 3 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon704 obs
- House Sparrow281 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel218 obs
- Canada Goose168 obs
- Western Honey Bee157 obs
- American Robin144 obs
- Red Admiral135 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron130 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/31557401
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near West Side · 0 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 1 mi
- Chicago · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
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