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Lewandowski Park

Lewandowski Park from directly overhead

Lewandowski Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Brandt Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.4 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
189 m

What to expect

Operated by
Oak Lawn Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73234, -87.74465

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brandt Park: 0.3 mi
  • Commisioners Park: 0.4 mi
  • Phillips Park: 0.5 mi
  • Harr Park: 0.6 mi
  • Unity Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Tank Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Darius and Girenas Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Tanya Safforld: 4.2 mi
  • Birthplace of Emmett Till: 4.5 mi
  • Clearing-Park Shops Memorial: 4.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Giant Cow: 3.2 mi
  • Eye Can See Now: 3.4 mi
  • MLK Living Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Flight Forms: 3.6 mi
  • Space Junction of Energy: 3.8 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 6.8 mi
  • Emu: 8.1 mi
  • Bennet's Wallaby: 8.2 mi
  • Red Panda: 8.2 mi
  • Reindeer: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Belly Button Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 9.1 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Players Hill: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.8 mi
  • Lake Strini: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 270°259 m17.2 mi
Mount HoyWNW 287°255 m23.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 6°204 m20.2 mi
Players HillN 353°187 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 2 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail44 obs
  • Monarch24 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • Red Admiral12 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee10 obs
  • ground-ivy9 obs
  • Mourning Dove8 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/160146176

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