Hessville Park
Hessville Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Caldwell Baseball Complex, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 6.9 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hammond Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 6.2 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Caldwell Baseball Complex: 0.3 mi
- Dowling Park: 0.5 mi
- Wedgewood Park: 0.7 mi
- Knickerbocker Parkway: 0.9 mi
- Homestead Park: 1.0 mi
- Flick Statue: 0.8 mi
- United We Stand: 3.6 mi
- Fusion: 6.5 mi
- Elbert H. Gary Monument: 6.5 mi
- Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 6.5 mi
- Carlson Oxbow Park: 0.8 mi
- Grand Prairie: 1.5 mi
- Tolleston Ridges Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Cline Avenue Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 1.3 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 4.8 mi
- Genesis Convention Center: 6.4 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.5 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 10.9 mi
- Highway of Flags Servicemen's Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Spirit of Highland Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 2.8 mi
- Tadeusz Kościuszko: 2.9 mi
- Small Stone Henge Monument: 2.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
- HAST Garden: 4.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.1 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Michael Jackson Childhood Home: 6.0 mi
- Gary Land Company Building: 6.6 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 6.7 mi
- Lansing Woods Picnic Grove 2: 5.0 mi
- Lansing Woods Picnic Grove 1: 5.1 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 5.2 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 5.2 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 5.3 mi
- Arbor Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sledding Hill: 5.2 mi
- Sled Hill: 5.7 mi
- Chanute Hill: 10.3 mi
- Mount Lieber: 11.7 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 4.5 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 4.9 mi
- Whihala Beach: 7.5 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 7.9 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 8.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 7.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 21.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 21.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 21.9 mi
- Tremont: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hessville Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ENE 79° | 214 m | 11.7 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 76° | 195 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Holden | ENE 75° | 194 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Tom | ENE 75° | 193 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Jackson | ENE 75° | 192 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 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, 13 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal35 obs
- star-flowered lily-of-the-valley28 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird23 obs
- Great Blue Heron22 obs
- red columbine22 obs
- northern bush honeysuckle20 obs
- House Finch19 obs
- American Robin18 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/161805772
Day trips start here
- Hammond · 3 mi
- Munster · 3 mi
- East Chicago · 4 mi
- Lansing · 5 mi
- Gary · 6 mi
- Schererville · 6 mi
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