Tarkington Park
Tarkington Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Marquette Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.7 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 17.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marquette Park: 0.3 mi
- Dooley Park: 0.8 mi
- Montgomery Park: 1.1 mi
- West Lawn Park: 1.2 mi
- Park No. 585: 1.3 mi
- MLK Living Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Eye Can See Now: 1.3 mi
- Giant Cow: 1.9 mi
- Space Junction of Energy: 2.2 mi
- Flight Forms: 2.2 mi
- Darius and Girenas Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Tanya Safforld: 1.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
- WWII Memorial Fountain: 2.7 mi
- Archer Heights Veterans Monument: 2.7 mi
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 1.1 mi
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago: 2.6 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 3.8 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 3.8 mi
- African American Firefighters Museum: 4.8 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 16: 2.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North Grove 15: 2.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 1: 2.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 4: 2.2 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 2: 2.2 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - North: 2.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.4 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East: 2.6 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 3.5 mi
- Stockyard Gardens: 3.7 mi
- McKinley Park Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Perry Ave Commons: 4.5 mi
- King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 4.9 mi
- Al Capone's House: 4.5 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 6.1 mi
- Gallager: 6.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.6 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 6.7 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 6.8 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 6.9 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 6.9 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 7.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 7.3 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.4 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.0 mi
- Players Hill: 8.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 13.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 16.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 17.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 15.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 21.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 14.0 mi
- Tedens: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tarkington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 263° | 259 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 281° | 255 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 0° | 204 m | 17.8 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 114° | 195 m | 24.9 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 338° | 187 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Black Swallowtail43 obs
- American Robin36 obs
- House Sparrow35 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel28 obs
- Monarch28 obs
- Mallard21 obs
- House Finch20 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron19 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/228619425
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 2 mi
- Evergreen Park · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 4 mi
- Oak Lawn · 4 mi
- Burbank · 5 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 6 mi
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