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Woodhull Park

Woodhull Park from directly overhead

Woodhull Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hodes Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.2 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76175, -87.58434

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • South Merrill Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 0.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 1.8 mi
  • Doane Observatory: 7.3 mi
  • Beluga: 7.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Stony Island Arts Bank: 0.7 mi
  • Enrico Fermi: 0.9 mi
  • Staples Family: 0.9 mi
  • James "Big Jim" Colosimo: 0.9 mi
  • First Black Owned McDonald's Franchise: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • South Shore Picnic Grove: 1.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 16: 1.3 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 1.5 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 1.5 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 7: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 24
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 6.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Players Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Woodhull Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 119°214 m20.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 341°204 m19.1 mi
Chanute HillESE 121°195 m19.2 mi
Players HillNW 310°187 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 7 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron620 obs
  • American Herring Gull572 obs
  • American Robin564 obs
  • Monarch516 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull477 obs
  • Mallard463 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron365 obs
  • Canada Goose363 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/170960319

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