Bessemer (Henry) Park
Bessemer (Henry) Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is We All Come Together as One, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- We All Come Together as One: 0.3 mi
- The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 0.4 mi
- Sky Art: 0.4 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Mural: 0.5 mi
- Sims Metal Management Mural: 1.0 mi
- Drake Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Viertnam War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Jesse Owens: 0.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- East Side Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Dougherty Park: 0.6 mi
- South Chicago People's Park: 0.7 mi
- Clara D. Schafer Park: 0.8 mi
- Pine Park: 0.8 mi
- Russell Square Park: 0.9 mi
- South Chicago Farm: 0.8 mi
- Saginaw Neighbors Garden: 1.7 mi
- 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 1.9 mi
- 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 1.9 mi
- South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Bronzeville Children's Museum: 1.5 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 3.0 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 3.4 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 3.9 mi
- Obama Presidential Center Museum: 4.0 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes South Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- Marian R. Byrnes Park: 1.6 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes: 1.9 mi
- South Shore Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Eggers Grove: 3.5 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.2 mi
- Al Capone's House: 3.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 4.0 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.1 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.5 mi
- South Shore Picnic Grove: 2.5 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 16: 3.4 mi
- Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 3.5 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 3.6 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 3.6 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 1.9 mi
- Calumet Beach: 2.0 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 2.1 mi
- Munson Beach: 2.2 mi
- South Shore Beach: 2.5 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 3.9 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 11.8 mi
- Arbor Hill: 13.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 23.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 10.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 18.9 mi
- Tedens: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bessemer (Henry) Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ESE 116° | 214 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 339° | 204 m | 21.5 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 118° | 195 m | 17.0 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 312° | 187 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 9 mi away.
- Red-breasted Merganser142 obs
- American Herring Gull133 obs
- Canada Goose89 obs
- Ring-billed Gull87 obs
- American Tree Sparrow83 obs
- Monk Parakeet81 obs
- Song Sparrow80 obs
- Greater Scaup77 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/125812227
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 2 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 3 mi
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 4 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 7 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 7 mi
- Blue Island · 8 mi
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