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Calumet Park

Calumet Park from directly overhead

Calumet Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Calumet Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
181 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.71477, -87.52684

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Pride Of East Side: 0.4 mi
  • Sims Metal Management Mural: 1.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Mural: 1.5 mi
  • Sky Art: 1.6 mi
  • The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Pietrowski Park: 0.7 mi
  • Francis Vernon Krause Park: 1.0 mi
  • Lakefront Park: 1.2 mi
  • Park No. 583: 1.4 mi
  • South Chicago People's Park: 1.4 mi
Gardens
  • South Chicago Farm: 1.3 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Saginaw Neighbors Garden: 3.4 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 3.5 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 4.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 5.8 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.2 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 55
Peaks: 35
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 10.8 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Calumet Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 115°214 m16.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 337°204 m23.2 mi
Chanute HillESE 116°195 m15.0 mi
Mount HoldenE 98°194 m24.7 mi
Mount TomE 98°193 m24.5 mi
Mount JacksonE 98°192 m24.8 mi
Players HillNW 312°187 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Herring Gull114 obs
  • Canada Goose103 obs
  • Monk Parakeet93 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser90 obs
  • Greater Scaup63 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull60 obs
  • Common Goldeneye50 obs
  • Horned Grebe49 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/135887317

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