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Dixie Highway

Dixie Highway from directly overhead

Dixie Highway is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Independence Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway passes 3.7 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.56018, -87.66557

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Independence Park: 0.0 mi
  • Richard D. Irwin Park: 0.2 mi
  • Railroad Park: 0.3 mi
  • Orchard Park: 0.4 mi
  • Merchants Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 0.2 mi
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 3.9 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.4 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.0 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 10.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Beaches: 27
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Munson Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Calumet Beach: 12.8 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Belly Button Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Big Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Sled Hill: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dixie Highway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWNW 299°259 m24.3 mi
Mount LieberE 80°214 m22.4 mi
Chanute HillE 79°195 m21.0 mi
Players HillNNW 346°187 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232737496070747265534029
Precip in2.52.12.64.04.64.94.74.03.43.63.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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