Governors Trail Park
Governors Trail Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 214 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.3 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 214 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 20 mi
- Viewing area · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Oakwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Park Forest Rail Fan Park: 0.9 mi
- Tolentine Park: 1.0 mi
- Glaeser Park: 1.1 mi
- Elliot Woods Park: 0.7 mi
- Spirit Trail Park: 1.1 mi
- Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Dewey Helmick Nature Preserve Addition to Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve Buffer: 2.0 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 1.5 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 4.8 mi
- The Grainery Building: 7.0 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 10.7 mi
- Schmuhl School: 10.9 mi
- Vollmer Road Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.9 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 3: 3.4 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 5: 3.4 mi
- Kings Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 3.6 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 2: 3.7 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 3.2 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Steger Veteran's Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Dixie Highway: 4.8 mi
- Camp Thornton: 7.2 mi
- Spiral: 3.4 mi
- Sisyphus’Aviary: 3.4 mi
- Bodark Arc: 3.4 mi
- Flying Saucer: 3.4 mi
- Paul: 3.5 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 6.1 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 9.6 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 10.6 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 12.3 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 13.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.6 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 12.4 mi
- HAST Garden: 12.8 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 12.9 mi
- Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 17.1 mi
- Whihala Beach: 17.1 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 17.2 mi
- Munson Beach: 17.4 mi
- Calumet Beach: 17.6 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 8.2 mi
- Big Hill: 8.9 mi
- Sledding Hill: 10.7 mi
- Arbor Hill: 14.5 mi
- Sled Hill: 16.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 19.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 19.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 14.5 mi
- Lake Strini: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Governors Trail Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | NW 310° | 259 m | 24.5 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 71° | 195 m | 24.6 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, 2 mi away.
- Red-winged Blackbird7 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
- obedient plant6 obs
- cutleaf teasel6 obs
- Margined Calligrapher6 obs
- Semipalmated Sandpiper5 obs
- Great Blue Heron5 obs
- Canada Goose5 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/1146062932
Day trips start here
- South Suburbs · 1 mi
- Chicago Heights · 4 mi
- Tinley Park · 7 mi
- Harvey · 8 mi
- Oak Forest · 8 mi
- Midlothian · 9 mi
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