Wallace Park
Wallace Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Robichaux Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.7 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Robichaux Park: 0.2 mi
- Oakdale Park: 0.7 mi
- Euclid Park: 0.7 mi
- Brainerd Park: 0.8 mi
- Wendell Smith Park: 0.9 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - 91st Street: 1.5 mi
- Ridge Park Wetlands: 1.6 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East: 2.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - Center: 2.2 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South: 2.3 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Tuskeegee Airmen: 1.9 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 2.2 mi
- Rear Erecting Shops: 2.8 mi
- African American Marine Corps Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 2.4 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 2.8 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 2.9 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 1.8 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 1.9 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 2.3 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 2.4 mi
- Englewood Junction: 3.7 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 14: 2.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 13: 2.0 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 10: 2.1 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - South Grove 12: 2.2 mi
- Dan Ryan Woods - East Grove 9: 2.2 mi
- Al Capone's House: 2.7 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 3.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 5.0 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.6 mi
- Gallager: 9.5 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 3.2 mi
- Dorchester Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 4.2 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 4.9 mi
- South Shore Beach: 4.9 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 5.1 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 5.2 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 5.4 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.0 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 8.8 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.2 mi
- Players Hill: 12.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 16.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 10.4 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 24.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 24.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 18.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 24.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Tedens: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wallace Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 271° | 259 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Lieber | ESE 110° | 214 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 351° | 204 m | 20.8 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 111° | 195 m | 20.6 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 327° | 187 m | 12.2 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 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- common milkweed14 obs
- ground-ivy13 obs
- American Robin12 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug12 obs
- wild carrot11 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- Red Admiral8 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/173011818
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 3 mi
- Evergreen Park · 3 mi
- Blue Island · 5 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 5 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 5 mi
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