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Just how flat is Chicago? Well, with a local sledding hill called "Mt. Trashmore," it's not hard to get an idea of just how far people will go to get a little topography in this town. But it turns out you don't have to make mountains out of landfills after all. Instead, you can drive an hour and a half southwest of the city, to Starved Rock State Park.