Unity Park
Unity Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fireman's Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.2 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fireman's Park: 0.2 mi
- Stehman School Playground: 0.4 mi
- Neighbors Garden Park: 0.6 mi
- Kosciuszko Park: 0.6 mi
- Grape Park: 0.7 mi
- Paseo Prairie Garden: 0.3 mi
- Altgeld Sawyer Corner Farm: 0.3 mi
- Corner Garden: 0.4 mi
- Paradise Garden: 0.6 mi
- Monticello Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Illinois Centennial Monument: 0.3 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.8 mi
- CPD Officer Richard Clark Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Ramo I. Zenkich Memorial: 1.5 mi
- El Gran Combo: 2.0 mi
- Pope John Paul II: 0.4 mi
- Helping Hand: 0.7 mi
- Greetings from Chicago Mural: 1.1 mi
- Birds Watching: 1.1 mi
- Graffiti Garden: 1.1 mi
- Busy Beaver Button Museum: 0.9 mi
- Walt Disney Birthplace House: 1.2 mi
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture: 2.0 mi
- National Veterans Art Museum: 2.5 mi
- National Cambodian Heritage Museum: 2.7 mi
- California Park Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 2.4 mi
- Gompers Park Lagoon: 3.2 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Irene C. Hernandez Family Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 2.2 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 2.2 mi
- Irene C. Hernandez Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 3.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 10: 3.8 mi
- La Bagh Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 3.9 mi
- Waller Apartments: 3.2 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 3.2 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 3.9 mi
- Red Wolf: 4.0 mi
- Black Bear: 4.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 1.7 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 4.5 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 5.0 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 5.0 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 5.1 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 2.2 mi
- Players Hill: 4.7 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 6.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.9 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 8.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Covington Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.1 mi
- Tedens: 21.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Unity Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 234° | 259 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 3° | 204 m | 6.5 mi |
| Players Hill | SW 217° | 187 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
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 Robin332 obs
- Canada Goose328 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel306 obs
- Wood Duck287 obs
- Mallard244 obs
- Rock Pigeon228 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird216 obs
- Black Swallowtail200 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/145389548
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 1 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 3 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 3 mi
- Chicagoland · 4 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 5 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 5 mi
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