Tilton Park
Tilton Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 9 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mason Park: 0.4 mi
- Ohio Park: 0.6 mi
- Ohio and Harding Park: 0.7 mi
- Clark Park: 0.7 mi
- Orr Park: 0.7 mi
- Quaking Aspens: 0.8 mi
- Hawthorm Grove: 0.8 mi
- City Garden: 0.8 mi
- Child Wild: 0.8 mi
- Grassy Hills: 0.8 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 4.2 mi
- G.A.R. Woods: 4.7 mi
- Thatcher Woods Trailside Meuseum of Natural History: 4.8 mi
- Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 0.8 mi
- Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 0.9 mi
- Our King: 0.9 mi
- Persian Lilies: 0.9 mi
- Idyl: 0.9 mi
- Our Lady of the Angels School Fire Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Norman Cornwall Memorial (WWI Obelisk): 1.2 mi
- Gold Star Men of the World War: 2.2 mi
- El Gran Combo: 2.3 mi
- Eddie Palmieri: 2.3 mi
- Chicago Center for Green Technology: 1.8 mi
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture: 2.0 mi
- Oak Park River Forest Museum: 2.3 mi
- Walt Disney Birthplace House: 2.4 mi
- Busy Beaver Button Museum: 2.5 mi
- Waller Apartments: 1.9 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 2.4 mi
- Gallager: 2.6 mi
- The Ledge: 5.1 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 5.1 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 2.9 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #1: 5.0 mi
- Miller Meadow-South Grove #3: 5.0 mi
- Maywood Grove Grove #1: 5.0 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #2: 5.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 2.2 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 5.9 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 6.3 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 6.7 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 7.3 mi
- Players Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 5.4 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.5 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 7.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.4 mi
- Tedens: 18.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tilton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 239° | 259 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 261° | 255 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 9° | 204 m | 9.6 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 247° | 187 m | 1.8 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: 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, 7 mi away.
- American Robin71 obs
- Canada Goose70 obs
- common milkweed65 obs
- Piping Plover59 obs
- Monarch59 obs
- Black Swallowtail56 obs
- Mallard48 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird45 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/134040635
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 1 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 3 mi
- Cicero · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 4 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 4 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 4 mi
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