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Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve

Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is 3rd & Dallas Playlot, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 9.4 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.60372, -87.41610

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 3rd & Dallas Playlot: 0.3 mi
  • Dallas Totlot: 0.4 mi
  • Hessville Youth Soccer Complex: 1.4 mi
  • Phrommer Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hovey Playground: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Peteyville Christmas Lights: 2.1 mi
  • Genesis Convention Center: 4.0 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.0 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.0 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 13.4 mi
Artworks
  • Flick Statue: 3.3 mi
  • Fusion: 4.1 mi
  • Elbert H. Gary Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 4.1 mi
  • United We Stand: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • City Hall Rose Garden: 4.7 mi
  • HAST Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks: 42
  • Arbor Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Sled Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Chanute Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Mount Lieber: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 38
  • Buffington Harbor Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Jeorse Park Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Lake Street Beach: 7.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberE 85°214 m9.2 mi
Chanute HillE 83°195 m7.8 mi
Mount HoldenENE 77°194 m19.2 mi
Mount TomENE 78°193 m19.0 mi
Mount JacksonENE 78°192 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

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, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/431347568

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