Wayne Lehnert Preserve
Wayne Lehnert Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. Mount Langham stands 221 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Peotone Community Park, a park 3.0 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 10 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 218 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Will County
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 15 mi
- Des Plaines River · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peotone Community Park: 3.0 mi
- Will County Fairground: 3.1 mi
- Lloyd Bate Park: 3.6 mi
- Will County Forest Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Legacy Park: 6.2 mi
- Monee Reservoir: 4.6 mi
- Racoon Grove Nature Reserve: 5.0 mi
- Huyck's Grove Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Jackson Creek Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Hickory Creek Barrens Nature Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Kings Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 12.5 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 5: 13.0 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 3: 13.2 mi
- Vollmer Road Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 13.3 mi
- Chief Shauwanasee Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 12.2 mi
- Steger Veteran's Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Field Rotation: 8.8 mi
- Sextant Yoke: 8.8 mi
- Outgrown Pyramid 2: 8.8 mi
- Large Planar Hybrid: 8.8 mi
- Working On The Failed Utopis: 8.9 mi
- Bourbonnais Grove Historical: 14.1 mi
- Exploration Station Children's Museum: 14.9 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 15.2 mi
- Wilmington Historical Society Building: 16.3 mi
- Kankakee County Museum: 17.1 mi
- The Grainery Building: 9.7 mi
- Schmuhl School: 11.5 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 12.8 mi
- Old telephone poles: 14.6 mi
- Willowhaven Interpretive Center: 15.1 mi
- Big Hill: 12.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 18.9 mi
- Sledding Hill: 20.3 mi
- Mount Langham: 20.9 mi
- Arbor Hill: 24.4 mi
- Wingren: 19.8 mi
- Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.2 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 24.2 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 24.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.9 mi
- Michigan Beach: 15.8 mi
- Ceadar Lake Beach: 21.4 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 21.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wayne Lehnert Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langham | S 170° | 221 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/689515764
Day trips start here
- Beecher · 11 mi
- South Suburbs · 11 mi
- Chicago Heights · 15 mi
- Tinley Park · 15 mi
- Oak Forest · 18 mi
- Dyer · 19 mi
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