Lions Park
Lions Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is River Bend Greenspace, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 5.5 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lan-Oak Park District
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 5.6 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Bend Greenspace: 0.4 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 0.5 mi
- Winterhoff Park: 0.6 mi
- Bock Park: 0.6 mi
- Clock Tower: 0.8 mi
- Lansing Firefighters Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Benjamin Harrison: 2.3 mi
- Ford Hangar: 2.3 mi
- Small Stone Henge Monument: 2.4 mi
- Lansing Woods Picnic Grove 2: 1.6 mi
- Lansing Woods Picnic Grove 1: 1.7 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 2.3 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 2.4 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 2.5 mi
- Wentworth Woods: 1.7 mi
- Camp Shabbona Woods: 2.6 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Wentworth Prairie: 3.1 mi
- Jurgensen Woods Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 1.7 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 4.2 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 4.3 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 7.1 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 9.4 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.8 mi
- HAST Garden: 3.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 6.4 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 7.4 mi
- Mascot Hall of Fame: 7.6 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 7.9 mi
- Flick Statue: 3.6 mi
- United We Stand: 4.4 mi
- Prairie Boat: 6.1 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 7.4 mi
- Arche Fountain: 7.4 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 7.2 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 7.3 mi
- Whihala Beach: 7.9 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 8.1 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 8.7 mi
- Sledding Hill: 4.1 mi
- Arbor Hill: 4.8 mi
- Sled Hill: 8.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.7 mi
- Big Hill: 12.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 3.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 17.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 17.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.1 mi
- Tedens: 24.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 79° | 214 m | 15.4 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 78° | 195 m | 14.0 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 330° | 187 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 10 mi away.
- Blue-spotted Salamander11 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- American Robin10 obs
- Foxtail Barley10 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel9 obs
- Common Grackle7 obs
- Steeplebush7 obs
- Red-banded Leafhopper7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/232629744
Day trips start here
- Lansing · 1 mi
- Munster · 2 mi
- Hammond · 3 mi
- Dyer · 6 mi
- East Chicago · 6 mi
- Chicago Heights · 7 mi
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