Franson Park
Franson Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverdale Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 8.7 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Riverdale Park District
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Former Lincoln School Entrance: 1.3 mi
- Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site: 1.7 mi
- Undergoroud Railroad Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Memorial Wall: 2.3 mi
- Ivanhoe Park: 0.2 mi
- Town & Country Park: 0.4 mi
- Prairie Park: 0.5 mi
- Calumet Park: 0.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.9 mi
- Whistler Woods: 1.6 mi
- Park No. 595: 1.9 mi
- Markham Prairie - East Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Gensburg - Markham Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Hegewisch Marsh: 3.6 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 1.8 mi
- Prairie Boat: 2.3 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.3 mi
- United We Stand: 7.3 mi
- Pride Of East Side: 7.4 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 2.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.7 mi
- HAST Garden: 5.6 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 6.5 mi
- South Chicago Farm: 8.2 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.2 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 4.7 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 5.3 mi
- Al Capone's House: 9.0 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 9.2 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 3.7 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 4.2 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 4.7 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Munson Beach: 7.5 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 7.6 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 7.6 mi
- Calumet Beach: 7.7 mi
- Whihala Beach: 7.8 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 5.3 mi
- Sledding Hill: 10.0 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 10.7 mi
- Arbor Hill: 11.0 mi
- Sled Hill: 14.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 4.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 18.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 18.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 18.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 24.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 24.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 12.5 mi
- Tedens: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 286° | 259 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Lieber | E 93° | 214 m | 20.2 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 93° | 195 m | 18.8 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 337° | 187 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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, 10 mi away.
- Winged Loosestrife10 obs
- American Robin9 obs
- wild carrot9 obs
- swamp milkweed9 obs
- tall bellflower9 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk8 obs
- White-tailed Deer8 obs
- wild bergamot8 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/120426767
Day trips start here
- Harvey · 2 mi
- Blue Island · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 5 mi
- Midlothian · 5 mi
- Alsip · 6 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 6 mi
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