Players Hill
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Players Hill rises to 187 m in Illinois. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.5 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q32358477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 8 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Columbus Park: 0.1 mi
- Barrie Park: 0.7 mi
- Moore Park: 0.8 mi
- Longfellow Park: 0.8 mi
- Harvey Green: 0.9 mi
- Oak Park River Forest Museum: 1.0 mi
- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum: 1.8 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 2.0 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 2.1 mi
- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum: 2.5 mi
- PCC Austin Farm: 0.8 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 0.8 mi
- Oak Park Conservatory: 1.2 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 1.3 mi
- Hart Peace Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary: 0.0 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- G.A.R. Woods: 3.1 mi
- Miller Meadow North: 3.2 mi
- Thatcher Woods Trailside Meuseum of Natural History: 3.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 3.9 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 7.7 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 8.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 8.3 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 8.6 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 2.9 mi
- Gallager: 3.4 mi
- Waller Apartments: 3.6 mi
- Dolphin: 4.3 mi
- California Sea Lion: 4.3 mi
- Pod Of Sun Seeds: 0.6 mi
- Pathfinder: 0.7 mi
- Turtle: 1.3 mi
- Wonder: 1.3 mi
- Whale: 1.4 mi
- Peace Pole: 0.7 mi
- Dr. DeeDee Farmer: 0.8 mi
- Gold Star Men of the World War: 1.0 mi
- Kathy Cliff: 1.3 mi
- Sholom Gliksman: 1.4 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 2.1 mi
- Quercus Woods Family Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Andrew Toman Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 6: 3.8 mi
- Silver Creek Family Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- National Grove Picnic Grove 2: 3.9 mi
- Hidden Hill: 6.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.6 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.7 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 17.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 17.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 23.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Tedens: 16.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Players Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 238° | 259 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 262° | 255 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 17° | 204 m | 10.7 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 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 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1832695 — Players Hill, Cook County, Illinois.
OpenStreetMap element node/354245326
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 2 mi
- Cicero · 2 mi
- Berwyn · 3 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 5 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 5 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 5 mi
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