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Lane Beach Park

Lane Beach Park from directly overhead

Lane Beach Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Thorndale Avenue Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
179 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.98990, -87.65447

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Interfaith Park: 0.1 mi
  • Broadway Armory Park: 0.3 mi
  • Park No. 559: 0.3 mi
  • Berger Park: 0.4 mi
  • Edgewater Historic Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Thrive: 0.2 mi
  • Come to Light: 0.3 mi
  • Granville Avenue Buildings: 0.4 mi
  • Nocturnes, Avian Listening at Midnight, 8 bird species: 0.4 mi
  • Water Music, Lake Calls, 12 bird species: 0.4 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 17: 1.1 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 16: 2.0 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 15: 2.8 mi
  • Horner Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Horner Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 12
  • Horner Park Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.5 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Players Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 1.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 10.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNW 311°204 m3.5 mi
Players HillSW 216°187 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer504 obs
  • American Robin466 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail419 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel374 obs
  • Monarch369 obs
  • House Sparrow335 obs
  • Black Swallowtail316 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird280 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/222585192

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