Smirz Park
Smirz Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kolar Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Berwyn Park District
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 22.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 5 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kolar Park: 0.4 mi
- Freedom Park: 0.5 mi
- Baseball Alley: 0.6 mi
- Manor Park: 0.6 mi
- Hessler Park: 0.7 mi
- Bobby Hull: 1.3 mi
- Lincoln: The Friendly Neighbor: 1.9 mi
- Red-headed Woodpecker: 1.9 mi
- Marquette and Joliet Explorer Statue: 2.1 mi
- Walrus "Olga": 2.6 mi
- White Eagle Woods North: 1.6 mi
- White Eagle Woods South: 1.6 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods North: 1.6 mi
- Cermak Woods: 1.8 mi
- Ottawa Trail Woods South: 2.0 mi
- Riverside Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum: 3.4 mi
- Oak Park River Forest Museum: 4.0 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 4.2 mi
- Showmen's Rest: 2.4 mi
- Solidarity Monument: 2.6 mi
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Manuel Perez Jr.: 2.6 mi
- Manuel Pérez Jr.: 2.6 mi
- Dolphin: 2.5 mi
- Emu: 2.6 mi
- Reindeer: 2.6 mi
- California Sea Lion: 2.6 mi
- Alpaca: 2.6 mi
- Family Garden: 2.7 mi
- Lincoln School Garden: 2.7 mi
- Oak Park Conservatory: 2.9 mi
- Healing Garden: 3.5 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 3.5 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 6.6 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 9.0 mi
- Westman Beach: 9.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 9.2 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 9.5 mi
- Players Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 8.9 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 14.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 15.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 11.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 20.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Tedens: 13.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smirz Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 246° | 259 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 270° | 255 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 16° | 204 m | 13.9 mi |
| Players Hill | NNE 12° | 187 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 4 mi away.
- House Sparrow263 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee224 obs
- Monarch206 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel135 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco134 obs
- Black Swallowtail125 obs
- American Robin124 obs
- Mourning Dove119 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/136510265
Day trips start here
- Berwyn · 1 mi
- Cicero · 1 mi
- Brookfield · 3 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 5 mi
- La Grange · 5 mi
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