- Elevation, modelled
- 181 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mounded Landfill259 m · 25.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 66on it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8785, -87.6361
The Willis Terrace is a park in Illinois, at a modelled 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Operated by
- Willis Tower
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Willis Terrace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 246° | 259 m | 25.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 340° | 204 m | 10.6 mi |
| Players Hill | W 268° | 187 m | 6.8 mi |
- On the Historic Route 66National
- 25.7 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 0.0 mi
- The Ledge: 0.0 mi
- Weather Bell: 0.3 mi
- Begin Route 66: 0.6 mi
- Paris Metro Entryway (Metra): 0.6 mi
- Color Factory: 0.0 mi
- Money Museum: 0.2 mi
- Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Broadcast Communications: 0.5 mi
- National Hellenic Museum: 0.6 mi
- atmospheric Wave Wall: 0.0 mi
- In the Heart of this Infinite Particle of Galactic Dust: 0.0 mi
- 150: 0.1 mi
- 100: 0.1 mi
- Ceres: 0.2 mi
- Northern Trust open space: 0.2 mi
- The Green at 320: 0.2 mi
- Southbank Park: 0.4 mi
- Heritage Green Park: 0.4 mi
- Pritzker Park: 0.4 mi
- Home Insurance Building Site: 0.2 mi
- Oscar O. D'Angelo Park: 0.3 mi
- Batcolumn: 0.4 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington: 0.4 mi
- Eternal Flame: 0.5 mi
- Sir Georg Solti Garden: 0.7 mi
- Congress Triangle Garden: 0.7 mi
- Pritzker Garden: 0.7 mi
- Light Plate: 0.8 mi
- Lurie Garden: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 1.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 2.7 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.6 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.9 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 1.6 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.1 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.0 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.4 mi
- Players Hill: 6.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 20.8 mi
- Tedens: 21.5 mi
| 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).
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, 2 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Chicago · 0 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 0 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 1 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
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