Washington Square
Washington Square is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mariano Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.4 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mariano Park: 0.2 mi
- Chicago + State Park: 0.2 mi
- Jane M. Byrne Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Seward Park: 0.5 mi
- Seneca Park: 0.5 mi
- Archbishop Quigley: 0.2 mi
- Allow Me: 0.3 mi
- Family: 0.5 mi
- Ben: 0.5 mi
- Turtle Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Loyola University Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Richard H. Driehaus Museum: 0.4 mi
- Chicago Sports Museum: 0.5 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.5 mi
- Charnley-Pesky House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Eli Schulman: 0.5 mi
- Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite: 0.8 mi
- First Bridge at North Dearborn Street: 0.8 mi
- Site of Fort Dearborn: 0.8 mi
- Eastland Disaster Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Chicago Lights Urban Farm: 0.5 mi
- Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden: 0.5 mi
- Limestone Glade: 1.1 mi
- David M. McKay Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Light Plate: 1.3 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 0.7 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 3: 0.8 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 4: 0.8 mi
- Wendella Tours - Michigan Avenue: 0.8 mi
- Wooden Alley: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 1.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 1.3 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 1.3 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 1.3 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 1.8 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 2.4 mi
- Diversey Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 0.5 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 1.0 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 2.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 3.8 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 4.3 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 4.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.4 mi
- Players Hill: 7.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.2 mi
- Tedens: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washington Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 336° | 204 m | 9.4 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 257° | 187 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon1,251 obs
- House Sparrow1,153 obs
- Canada Goose1,049 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird825 obs
- Ring-billed Gull823 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron795 obs
- Mallard715 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel489 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 91000566OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/130145603
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near North · 0 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 1 mi
- Chicagoland · 1 mi
- Chicago · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 2 mi
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