Wilkins Park
Wilkins Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ronnetree Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
- Viewing area · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ronnetree Park: 0.2 mi
- Freedom Park: 0.3 mi
- Lacrosse Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
- Apollo Park: 0.6 mi
- Pokey Oaks Tot Lot: 1.0 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 1.6 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 4.3 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 5.4 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 6.3 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 1.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Tank Memorial: 4.4 mi
- WWI War Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Sundrop Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Bachelor's Grove Woods: 3.2 mi
- Chicago Ridge Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Tinley Creek Woods: 3.5 mi
- Paintbrush Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.9 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 5.2 mi
- Prairie Boat: 7.3 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 7.5 mi
- Thurgood Marshall: 8.0 mi
- Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 7.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.3 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 10.0 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 10.1 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 7.5 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.8 mi
- Al Capone's House: 9.3 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 10.3 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 10.6 mi
- Munson Beach: 11.2 mi
- Calumet Beach: 11.3 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 11.6 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 11.7 mi
- South Shore Beach: 11.7 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 2.7 mi
- Centennial Hill: 10.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 11.6 mi
- Signal Hill: 11.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 13.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 14.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 14.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 24.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 8.8 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 18.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 18.6 mi
- Lake Strini: 18.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 22.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Tedens: 12.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilkins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 286° | 259 m | 18.5 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 96° | 195 m | 24.2 mi |
| Players Hill | N 353° | 187 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Monarch12 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- bittersweet nightshade6 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel5 obs
- common buckthorn5 obs
- ground-ivy5 obs
- blue vervain5 obs
- Wetland Giant Wolf Spider5 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/186606195
Day trips start here
- Alsip · 1 mi
- Crestwood · 1 mi
- Midlothian · 2 mi
- Blue Island · 3 mi
- Palos Heights · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 4 mi
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