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Illinois Park

Illinois Park from directly overhead

Illinois Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 217 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Chinese House of Park Forest, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway runs past it. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
217 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50359, -87.67917

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 0.5 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 4.0 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 8.9 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.1 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 10.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Indian & Pioneer Campground: 2.0 mi
  • Steger Veteran's Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Dixie Highway: 4.0 mi
  • Camp Thornton: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Museums: 56
Gardens: 55
Beaches: 22
  • Whihala Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Ceadar Lake Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Jeorse Park Beach: 16.2 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Big Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Sled Hill: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberENE 71°214 m24.1 mi
Chanute HillENE 70°195 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232737496070747265534029
Precip in2.52.12.64.04.64.94.74.03.43.63.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, under a mile away.

  • Virginia Springbeauty21 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort18 obs
  • lesser celandine18 obs
  • white fawnlily15 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • prairie trillium12 obs
  • Sandhill Crane10 obs
  • Wild Turkey9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/689803691

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