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Irons Oak Park

Irons Oak Park from directly overhead

Irons Oak Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 1.6 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
199 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.52892, -87.67755

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 1.7 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 2.3 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.0 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.0 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Dixie Highway: 2.2 mi
  • Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Indian & Pioneer Campground: 3.6 mi
  • Camp Thornton: 4.5 mi
  • Steger Veteran's Memorial: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Beaches: 23
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Munson Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Calumet Beach: 14.9 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Belly Button Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Big Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Sled Hill: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillNW 304°259 m25.0 mi
Mount LieberENE 75°214 m23.5 mi
Chanute HillENE 74°195 m22.1 mi
Players HillN 349°187 m24.4 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 solstice07:1515:4016:24

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, 2 mi away.

  • American Robin16 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel13 obs
  • Black Swallowtail10 obs
  • Virginia bluebells10 obs
  • Sandhill Crane10 obs
  • Monarch9 obs
  • Celandine Poppy9 obs
  • European Starling8 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 node/354175026

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