Sand Ridge Nature Center
Sand Ridge Nature Center is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.7 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 8.0 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Butterfly Garden: 0.0 mi
- HAST Garden: 2.3 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 3.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 6.8 mi
- Camp Shabbona Woods: 0.3 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Wentworth Prairie: 1.3 mi
- Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Wentworth Woods: 2.0 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 1: 0.4 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 0.4 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 0.5 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 0.6 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 5: 2.6 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.9 mi
- Gouwens Park: 1.0 mi
- Little Calumet Park: 1.0 mi
- Pacesetter Park: 1.1 mi
- Triangle Park: 1.2 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 1.0 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 1.7 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 5.7 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 6.2 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 9.4 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 5.5 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 6.3 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 6.3 mi
- Mascot Hall of Fame: 6.5 mi
- Casimir Pulaski: 1.9 mi
- Undergoroud Railroad Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Benjamin Harrison: 2.3 mi
- Lincoln Funeral Train Historic Marker: 2.4 mi
- Hoxie Farm / Wampum Lake: 2.8 mi
- Prairie Boat: 3.4 mi
- United We Stand: 4.3 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.9 mi
- Flick Statue: 5.9 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 7.4 mi
- Whihala Beach: 6.6 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 6.7 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 7.0 mi
- Munson Beach: 7.5 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 7.5 mi
- Sledding Hill: 6.7 mi
- Arbor Hill: 7.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 8.5 mi
- Sled Hill: 10.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 12.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 2.6 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 18.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 18.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Tedens: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Ridge Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 88° | 214 m | 16.9 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 87° | 195 m | 15.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 331° | 187 m | 21.3 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 | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/236365586
Day trips start here
- Lansing · 3 mi
- Hammond · 4 mi
- Harvey · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 5 mi
- Munster · 5 mi
- East Chicago · 6 mi
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