Buedingen Park
Buedingen Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard M Gory Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 5.6 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
- Viewing area · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Richard M Gory Park: 0.4 mi
- Bannes Park: 0.5 mi
- Commissioners Park: 0.6 mi
- Richard F. Kelly Park: 0.6 mi
- Crystal Creek Park: 0.7 mi
- Orland Grassland: 1.9 mi
- Orland Grassland South: 2.7 mi
- Tinley Creek Woods: 3.7 mi
- Bachelor's Grove Woods: 3.9 mi
- Heron Hill Rookery (Keep Out): 4.8 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 2.6 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 7.1 mi
- Sagawau Environmental Learning Center: 8.6 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 8.7 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 10.0 mi
- Nativity Scene: 3.8 mi
- Palos Park Veteran's Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Centennial Monument: 5.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Wingren: 9.4 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 13.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.6 mi
- Kesman Garden: 15.4 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 5.4 mi
- John Paul II: 10.6 mi
- Spiral: 10.9 mi
- Sisyphus’Aviary: 10.9 mi
- Paul: 11.0 mi
- The Grainery Building: 6.3 mi
- Schmuhl School: 7.3 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 8.5 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 9.2 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 10.0 mi
- Michigan Beach: 13.0 mi
- Westman Beach: 16.9 mi
- Munson Beach: 17.7 mi
- Calumet Beach: 17.8 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 18.0 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 5.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.8 mi
- Signal Hill: 10.3 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 16.2 mi
- Sledding Hill: 17.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 10.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 11.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 11.8 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 13.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 14.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Lake Strini: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buedingen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | NW 307° | 259 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NW 313° | 255 m | 24.8 mi |
| Players Hill | N 9° | 187 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 9 mi away.
- bird's-foot trefoil94 obs
- Plains Garter Snake34 obs
- common milkweed22 obs
- common reed19 obs
- autumn olive18 obs
- Callery pear18 obs
- Mallard17 obs
- Dickcissel17 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/247352471
Day trips start here
- Tinley Park · 2 mi
- Oak Forest · 4 mi
- Crestwood · 6 mi
- Midlothian · 6 mi
- Palos Heights · 6 mi
- Alsip · 8 mi
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