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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
Artworks
Museums
Gardens: 59
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: 55
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 LandfillWNW259 m24.3 mi
Mount LieberE214 m22.4 mi
Chanute HillE195 m21.0 mi
Players HillNNW187 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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