- Elevation, modelled
- 184 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mounded Landfill259 m · 20.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 661.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8693, -87.7290
Violet Playlot Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeler Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.2 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Violet Playlot Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 242° | 259 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 264° | 255 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 6° | 204 m | 10.7 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 282° | 187 m | 2.0 mi |
- 1.2 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 25.0 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 8 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Keeler Park: 0.3 mi
- Park No. 500: 0.3 mi
- Franklin Park: 0.6 mi
- Boler Park: 0.6 mi
- Ninebark Park: 0.6 mi
- Independence Square Fountain: 0.7 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Lincoln the Rail-Splitter: 1.1 mi
- Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 1.3 mi
- Idyl: 1.3 mi
- Norman Cornwall Memorial (WWI Obelisk): 0.9 mi
- Manuel Pérez Jr.: 1.8 mi
- Manuel Perez Jr.: 1.8 mi
- Our Lady of the Angels School Fire Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Vietnam Survivors Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Music Court: 0.9 mi
- Water Courts Formal Garden: 0.9 mi
- Water Courts Formal Garden: 1.0 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Hawthorm Grove: 1.2 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 4.7 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 5.0 mi
- Schuth's Grove: 5.1 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 1.3 mi
- Gallager: 1.5 mi
- Waller Apartments: 1.9 mi
- The Ledge: 4.8 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 4.8 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 3.7 mi
- Schuth's Grove Grove #2: 5.0 mi
- Miller Meadow-South Grove #3: 5.1 mi
- Miller Meadow-South Grove #4: 5.1 mi
- Miller Meadow-South Grove #5: 5.2 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 2.9 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 5.9 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 6.2 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 6.3 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 6.6 mi
- Players Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 4.6 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 8.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 16.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 24.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 14.8 mi
- Tedens: 17.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.2 mi
| 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).
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, 6 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Chicago/Far West Side · 2 mi
- Cicero · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 4 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 4 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 4 mi
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