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Stevenson Park

Stevenson Park from directly overhead

Stevenson Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 188 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is McArthur Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.1 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
188 m

What to expect

Operated by
Burbank Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73880, -87.77132

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Tank Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Birthplace of Emmett Till: 3.2 mi
  • Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Solidarity Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Darius and Girenas Memorial: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Kesman Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Family Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 7.2 mi
Attractions
  • Emu: 7.1 mi
  • Bennet's Wallaby: 7.1 mi
  • Red Panda: 7.1 mi
  • Reindeer: 7.1 mi
  • Parakeet: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 50
Peaks: 23
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Players Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 9.6 mi
  • Signal Hill: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.7 mi
  • Lake Strini: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 268°259 m15.8 mi
Mount HoyWNW 287°255 m22.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 10°204 m20.0 mi
Players HillN 1°187 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, under a mile away.

  • American Robin14 obs
  • ground-ivy10 obs
  • Mourning Dove8 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade8 obs
  • Black Swallowtail8 obs
  • common milkweed7 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider7 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/160146177

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