- Elevation, modelled
- 180 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Lieber214 m · 13.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Highway13.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 41.6831, -87.4852
Formal Garden is a garden in Indiana, at a modelled 180 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Whiting Lakefront Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 13 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Formal Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ESE 110° | 214 m | 13.6 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 112° | 195 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Holden | E 93° | 194 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Tom | E 93° | 193 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Jackson | E 93° | 192 m | 22.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 313° | 187 m | 19.7 mi |
- 13.2 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
- 15.1 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 13.2 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whiting Lakefront Park: 0.1 mi
- Whihala Beach County Park: 0.8 mi
- Volunteer Park: 0.8 mi
- Tom Smolen Park: 1.0 mi
- Amoco Park: 1.5 mi
- Mascot Hall of Fame: 0.3 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 0.5 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 4.5 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 5.9 mi
- Whiting Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Memorial Day Massacre of 1937: 2.8 mi
- Nike Ajax Missile: 2.9 mi
- William Powers Monument: 3.0 mi
- General Casimir Pulaski: 3.2 mi
- Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 2.2 mi
- Beaubien Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 5.6 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 6.5 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 1: 6.5 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 6.5 mi
- Eggers Grove: 2.2 mi
- Wolf Lake Overlook: 2.3 mi
- Park 565 "Indian Ridge Marsh": 4.0 mi
- Heron Pond: 4.4 mi
- Burnham Prairie: 4.4 mi
- Pride Of East Side: 3.4 mi
- United We Stand: 3.7 mi
- Sims Metal Management Mural: 4.1 mi
- Tribute to the Past: 4.5 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Mural: 4.5 mi
- South Chicago Farm: 4.4 mi
- HAST Garden: 4.9 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 5.5 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 5.8 mi
- Saginaw Neighbors Garden: 6.4 mi
- Whihala Beach: 0.6 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 1.1 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 1.9 mi
- Munson Beach: 2.8 mi
- Calumet Beach: 3.1 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.7 mi
- Arbor Hill: 9.3 mi
- Sledding Hill: 11.5 mi
- Chanute Hill: 12.2 mi
- Sled Hill: 12.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 9.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- Tremont: 22.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 23.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 14 mi away.
- Canada Goose22 obs
- Painted Turtle18 obs
- Great Black-backed Gull17 obs
- Ring-billed Gull14 obs
- Red-breasted Merganser13 obs
- Common Garter Snake13 obs
- American Toad12 obs
- Mallard11 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- East Chicago · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 4 mi
- Hammond · 5 mi
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 7 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 9 mi
- Gary · 9 mi
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