Wierzba Park
Wierzba Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Commissioners Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.5 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bridgeview Park District
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 3 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Commissioners Park: 0.4 mi
- Nottingham Park: 0.5 mi
- Commissioners Park: 0.5 mi
- Millette Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Newcastle Park: 0.7 mi
- Birthplace of Emmett Till: 1.9 mi
- Solidarity Monument: 3.2 mi
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Tank Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Willow Springs Honor Roll: 4.0 mi
- Mamie Till-Mobley: 2.0 mi
- John Paul II: 2.9 mi
- CPD Officer Ella French: 3.0 mi
- American Eagle: 3.2 mi
- American Eagle: 3.2 mi
- Hidden Pond Woods: 2.9 mi
- Santa Fe Prairie: 2.9 mi
- Spears Woods: 3.3 mi
- Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Chicago Ridge Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Willow Springs Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 3.5 mi
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 4.5 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 4.7 mi
- Flagg Creek Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Kesman Garden: 4.9 mi
- Fairy Garden: 5.0 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 5.8 mi
- Family Garden: 5.9 mi
- Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Emu: 5.9 mi
- Bennet's Wallaby: 5.9 mi
- Red Panda: 5.9 mi
- Parakeet: 5.9 mi
- Reindeer: 5.9 mi
- Westman Beach: 9.0 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 11.8 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 11.9 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 11.9 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 11.9 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 8.4 mi
- Players Hill: 9.0 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 9.7 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 10.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 8.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 11.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 15.8 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 24.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 24.9 mi
- Lake Strini: 16.8 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 17.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Tedens: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wierzba Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 265° | 259 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WNW 287° | 255 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 15° | 204 m | 19.6 mi |
| Players Hill | NNE 12° | 187 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Blue-spotted Salamander13 obs
- White-tailed Deer9 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- ground-ivy8 obs
- Black Swallowtail8 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee7 obs
- bastard toadflax7 obs
- hoary puccoon6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/176469746
Day trips start here
- Burbank · 0 mi
- Oak Lawn · 3 mi
- Chicago/Southwest Side · 5 mi
- La Grange · 5 mi
- Western Springs · 5 mi
- Brookfield · 6 mi
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