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South Shore Cultural Center

South Shore Cultural Center from directly overhead

South Shore Cultural Center is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is South Shore Picnic Grove, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.1 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.76848, -87.56317

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • South Shore Picnic Grove: 0.0 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 16: 1.0 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 1.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 1.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • South Shore Cultural Center Harvest Garden: 0.0 mi
  • South Shore Formal Garden: 0.1 mi
  • 71st & Crandon Organic Garden: 0.3 mi
  • South Merrill Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • 50th Anniversary of the Rainbow Division WWI: 0.9 mi
  • Rainbow Beach Wade-In: 1.0 mi
  • Stony Island Arts Bank: 1.2 mi
  • First Black Owned McDonald's Franchise: 1.3 mi
  • Frederick Douglass Commemorative Marker: 1.6 mi
Attractions
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 1.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 2.9 mi
  • Doane Observatory: 7.1 mi
  • Beluga: 7.3 mi
Museums
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 25
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.7 mi
  • Players Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 122°214 m19.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 337°204 m19.1 mi
Chanute HillSE 124°195 m18.5 mi
Players HillNW 305°187 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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
  • Great Blue Heron705 obs
  • American Herring Gull669 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull622 obs
  • American Robin601 obs
  • Mallard577 obs
  • Monarch553 obs
  • Canada Goose441 obs
  • Greater Scaup419 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1447211880

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