Undergoroud Railroad Memorial
Undergoroud Railroad Memorial is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.1 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- This site is dedicated to Jan Ton family and his wife Aagje, Dutch immigrants who settled on a farm two miles north of this site on the Little Calumet River. They were among the early leaders of this First Reformed Church and of the Dutch settlements tha
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Park: 0.1 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.2 mi
- DeYoung's Grove Park: 0.3 mi
- Van Oostenbrugge Park: 0.3 mi
- Wigwam Park: 0.3 mi
- Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Former Lincoln School Entrance: 2.2 mi
- Hoxie Farm / Wampum Lake: 2.6 mi
- Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site: 3.1 mi
- Camp Thornton: 3.5 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 5.8 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 5.8 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 5.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 3.5 mi
- HAST Garden: 4.5 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 8.3 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 5: 2.3 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 4: 2.4 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 3: 2.4 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.5 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 1: 2.6 mi
- Camp Shabbona Woods: 2.5 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Brownell Woods: 3.0 mi
- Wentworth Prairie: 3.3 mi
- Sweet Woods: 3.5 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 2.7 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.0 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 4.4 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 7.9 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 8.1 mi
- Prairie Boat: 3.2 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 3.7 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 6.3 mi
- United We Stand: 6.4 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 7.1 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 8.0 mi
- Whihala Beach: 8.0 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 8.1 mi
- Munson Beach: 8.3 mi
- Calumet Beach: 8.5 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 6.3 mi
- Sledding Hill: 7.9 mi
- Arbor Hill: 9.3 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 12.4 mi
- Sled Hill: 12.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 1.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 17.1 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 17.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 19.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Tedens: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Undergoroud Railroad Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 88° | 214 m | 19.1 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 87° | 195 m | 17.7 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 336° | 187 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10700335830
Day trips start here
- Harvey · 2 mi
- Lansing · 4 mi
- Blue Island · 5 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 6 mi
- Hammond · 6 mi
- Midlothian · 6 mi
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