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Lions Park

Lions Park from directly overhead

Lions Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Leisure Garden Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73824, -87.86932

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Leisure Garden Park: 0.3 mi
  • Willow Park: 0.9 mi
  • Healing Waters Park: 1.1 mi
  • White Buffalo Park: 1.2 mi
  • Eugene Danhoff Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
  • GoApe Ropes Course: 6.1 mi
  • Andean Condor: 6.6 mi
  • Mexican Gray Wolf: 6.7 mi
  • Pelican: 6.7 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 45
Peaks: 20
  • Centennial Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Signal Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 10.8 mi
  • Players Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lake Strini: 13.5 mi
  • Rain Garden Springs: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 267°259 m10.8 mi
Mount HoyWNW 292°255 m17.3 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 23°204 m21.4 mi
Players HillNNE 29°187 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242738516272777567544130
Precip in2.32.02.54.15.04.64.14.53.53.72.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 2 mi away.

  • rue anemone54 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty46 obs
  • Common Garter Snake43 obs
  • Blue-spotted Salamander38 obs
  • American Robin34 obs
  • Atlantic camas34 obs
  • swamp rose mallow32 obs
  • Red-headed Woodpecker31 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/180067698

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