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Lanterman Park

Lanterman Park from directly overhead

Lanterman Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 134 m. Red Hill stands 193 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hills Woods Nature Preserve, a park 3.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 123 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
134 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.70283, -87.76253

83 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
Peaks: 12
Museums: 8
  • Indiana Military Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Harrison Mansion: 12.8 mi
  • Red Skelton Performing Arts Center: 13.2 mi
  • Carnegie Museum: 17.4 mi
  • Heritage House Museum: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillNW 305°193 m4.8 mi
Barefoot Nation HillsENE 77°180 m22.0 mi
Bald HillSSE 154°176 m24.3 mi
Onion HillWNW 290°171 m23.6 mi
Shawn HillNNE 30°165 m22.0 mi
Bristol HillNNE 28°164 m21.8 mi
Indian MoundNNE 22°161 m20.7 mi
Wolf HillENE 66°159 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2819:03
June solstice05:2719:4020:20
September equinox06:3918:1518:50
December solstice07:0615:5216:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303444556574777569574535
Precip in3.32.73.64.45.35.24.13.13.63.94.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrenceville 2wsw, 3 mi away.

  • Common Garter Snake1 obs
  • Pond Slider1 obs
  • late boneset1 obs
  • poison hemlock1 obs
  • sweet potato1 obs
  • Rainbow Scarab1 obs
  • Cedar-apple rust1 obs
  • Central Ratsnake1 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/354220965

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