Lake Street Beach
Lake Street Beach is a beach in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Chanute Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 9.1 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 179 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Father Marquette Monument: 0.5 mi
- Octave Chanute: 0.6 mi
- Tuskegee Airmen: 0.6 mi
- Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 3.7 mi
- Elbert H. Gary Monument: 3.7 mi
- Green Heron Pond Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Property: 1.2 mi
- Calumet Prairie State Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Long Lake Park: 3.6 mi
- West Side Park: 3.6 mi
- Marquette Park: 0.9 mi
- Gibson Fields: 1.1 mi
- Knox Park: 1.3 mi
- Nelson Algren Pocket Park: 1.3 mi
- Indian Boundary Park: 1.4 mi
- Chanute Glider: 0.6 mi
- P-51 Mustang: 0.6 mi
- Southernmost Point of Lake Michigan: 0.8 mi
- John Stewart Memorial Settlement House: 4.1 mi
- Michael Jackson Memorial Stone: 4.9 mi
- West Beach Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Park Tremont Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 14.1 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lake View: 14.8 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 14.8 mi
- Entrance Garden: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.3 mi
- Formal Garden: 12.0 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 12.4 mi
- HAST Garden: 13.1 mi
- Chanute Hill: 0.2 mi
- Mount Lieber: 1.6 mi
- Mount Chicago: 2.5 mi
- Scallop Dune: 3.2 mi
- Smoking Dune: 3.4 mi
- Marquette Beach: 0.7 mi
- East Shoreline: 1.7 mi
- West Beach: 3.0 mi
- Ogden Dunes Beach: 3.9 mi
- Portage Lakefront: 4.6 mi
- Genesis Convention Center: 3.8 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 9.8 mi
- Splash Down Dunes Waterpark: 10.6 mi
- Jump: 12.7 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 14.7 mi
- Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education: 1.0 mi
- Nelson Algren Museum: 1.3 mi
- Gary Land Company Building: 3.6 mi
- Michael Jackson Childhood Home: 4.9 mi
- Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center: 8.7 mi
- Breakwater Light: 19.8 mi
- Michigan City East Pierhead Light: 19.9 mi
- Tool Shed: 20.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 20.0 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 20.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 17.3 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 18.0 mi
- Tremont: 11.8 mi
- 1 Foot Falls: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Street Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ESE 102° | 214 m | 1.6 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 141° | 195 m | 0.2 mi |
| Mount Holden | ENE 75° | 194 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Tom | ENE 75° | 193 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Jackson | ENE 75° | 192 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Baldy | ENE 71° | 185 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana Dunes NP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/471777784
Day trips start here
- Gary · 4 mi
- Lake Station · 4 mi
- Hobart · 6 mi
- Portage · 6 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Park · 9 mi
- East Chicago · 10 mi
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