Highland Park
Highland Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- On the Lincoln Highway, National
- 2.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 13 mi
- Des Plaines River · 20 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Belmont Park: 0.3 mi
- Barr Park: 0.7 mi
- Wildflower Park: 0.9 mi
- Pilcher Park: 0.9 mi
- Lower Spring Creek County Forest Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Akin Park Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Hickory Creek Barrens Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Tampier Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 10.3 mi
- Tampier Greenway Family Picnic Area Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 10.5 mi
- Cherry Hill Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 12.8 mi
- Louis Jolliet: 2.3 mi
- Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899: 3.5 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 9.2 mi
- Balancing Beam: 12.4 mi
- Unknown: 12.5 mi
- Joliet Iron Works Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- Lambs Woods: 2.5 mi
- Lockport Praire East Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Isle a la Cache County Forest Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Slovenian Women's Union and Heritage Museum: 2.6 mi
- Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66: 2.6 mi
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum: 2.7 mi
- Gladys Fox Museum: 4.0 mi
- Will County Historical Museum and Research Center: 4.2 mi
- Dreams: 4.1 mi
- Illinois & Michigan Canal Office: 4.2 mi
- Nativity Scene: 9.2 mi
- Plainfield Tornado Memorial: 10.1 mi
- ZGS Piston: 13.1 mi
- Old telephone poles: 5.1 mi
- Schmuhl School: 5.6 mi
- The Grainery Building: 9.7 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 10.7 mi
- Ellis House and Equestrian Center: 14.8 mi
- Wingren: 5.9 mi
- Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Oak Savanna: 13.7 mi
- Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 14.0 mi
- Sensory Garden: 14.0 mi
- Signal Hill: 12.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 13.1 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 13.9 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 16.7 mi
- Rotary Hill: 17.6 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Westbound): 16.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 16.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 16.6 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Eastbound): 17.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.6 mi
- Michigan Beach: 1.9 mi
- Centennial Beach: 17.7 mi
- Westman Beach: 19.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 11.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 15.0 mi
- Lake Strini: 8.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Highland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | N 350° | 259 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NNW 340° | 255 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joliet Brandon RD DAM, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage56 obs
- Virginia bluebells45 obs
- mayapple36 obs
- wild geranium34 obs
- false rue anemone33 obs
- marsh marigold31 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort31 obs
- great waterleaf29 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/543988419
Day trips start here
- Joliet · 6 mi
- Lemont · 10 mi
- Bolingbrook · 12 mi
- Tinley Park · 12 mi
- Oak Forest · 15 mi
- Palos Heights · 15 mi
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