- Elevation, modelled
- 182 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Lieber214 m · 12.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Highway6.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 41.5708, -87.4627
Flick Statue is a artwork in Indiana, at a modelled 182 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sharp Athletic Complex, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 6.2 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
In the iconic scene from the holiday classic, "A Christmas Story," Flick gets his tongue stuck to a flagpole on a triple dog dare. This scene is now immortalized in a beautiful bronze statue outside the Indiana Welcome Center.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flick Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ENE 75° | 214 m | 12.0 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 72° | 195 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Holden | ENE 73° | 194 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Tom | ENE 73° | 193 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Jackson | ENE 73° | 192 m | 22.2 mi |
- 6.2 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
- 22.7 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 5.5 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sharp Athletic Complex: 0.3 mi
- Homestead Park: 0.4 mi
- Dowling Park: 0.5 mi
- Northwood Park: 0.5 mi
- Grand Park: 0.6 mi
- Carlson Oxbow Park: 0.4 mi
- Grand Prairie: 0.7 mi
- Tolleston Ridges Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Cline Avenue Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Highway of Flags Servicemen's Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Spirit of Highland Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 3.2 mi
- Small Stone Henge Monument: 3.3 mi
- World War I Monument: 3.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
- HAST Garden: 4.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.8 mi
- United We Stand: 4.3 mi
- Fusion: 6.8 mi
- Elbert H. Gary Monument: 6.9 mi
- Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 6.9 mi
- Prairie Boat: 8.7 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 5.9 mi
- Michael Jackson Childhood Home: 6.2 mi
- Gary Land Company Building: 7.0 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 7.5 mi
- Lansing Woods Picnic Grove 2: 4.7 mi
- Lansing Woods Picnic Grove 1: 4.8 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 5.3 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 5.4 mi
- North Creek Meadow Picnic Shelter Grove 2: 5.4 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 5.3 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 5.7 mi
- Whihala Beach: 8.2 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 8.6 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 9.3 mi
- Arbor Hill: 1.6 mi
- Sledding Hill: 4.4 mi
- Sled Hill: 5.2 mi
- Chanute Hill: 10.7 mi
- Mount Lieber: 12.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 7.1 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 20.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 20.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 22.0 mi
- Tremont: 22.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 12 mi away.
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