Atkin Park
Atkin Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 4.1 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 205 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 16.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 16 mi
- Viewing area · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.7 mi
- Independence Park: 0.7 mi
- Marycrest Park: 1.0 mi
- Wulf Park: 1.1 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 2.8 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 4.5 mi
- The Grainery Building: 8.1 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.0 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.2 mi
- Dixie Highway: 3.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 5.0 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 3.1 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 5.2 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 8.6 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 9.6 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 10.4 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 5.9 mi
- Arche Fountain: 5.9 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 7.8 mi
- Spiral: 7.8 mi
- Sisyphus’Aviary: 7.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.6 mi
- Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 9.1 mi
- HAST Garden: 10.9 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 11.4 mi
- Munson Beach: 14.2 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 14.2 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 14.2 mi
- Calumet Beach: 14.3 mi
- Whihala Beach: 14.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 3.7 mi
- Sledding Hill: 11.4 mi
- Big Hill: 12.8 mi
- Arbor Hill: 14.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 14.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 6.4 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 12.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 12.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 16.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 16.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Atkin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 302° | 259 m | 21.6 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 81° | 195 m | 23.8 mi |
| Players Hill | N 354° | 187 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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, 5 mi away.
- Canada Goose14 obs
- Mallard11 obs
- White-tailed Deer9 obs
- Eastern Cottontail7 obs
- Lesser Yellowlegs6 obs
- Killdeer6 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird6 obs
- Plains Garter Snake6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/660542900
Day trips start here
- Oak Forest · 3 mi
- Midlothian · 4 mi
- Tinley Park · 4 mi
- Harvey · 5 mi
- South Suburbs · 5 mi
- Chicago Heights · 6 mi
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