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Lone Pine Park

Lone Pine Park from directly overhead

Lone Pine Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Donnelly Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.3 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

What to expect

Operated by
Markham Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates41.61238, -87.69769

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donnelly Park: 0.1 mi
  • Donnelly Park: 0.4 mi
  • Country Aire Park: 0.5 mi
  • McNeil Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dresser Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 3.9 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.9 mi
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 7.4 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 7.6 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 11.1 mi
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 4.6 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 6.1 mi
  • Prairie Boat: 6.1 mi
  • Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 7.9 mi
  • Arche Fountain: 7.9 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 26
  • Munson Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Calumet Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Belly Button Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 13.2 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWNW 293°259 m21.3 mi
Mount LieberE 89°214 m23.7 mi
Chanute HillE 89°195 m22.3 mi
Players HillN 349°187 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232737496070747265534029
Precip in2.52.12.64.04.64.94.74.03.43.63.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 8 mi away.

  • Viceroy67 obs
  • Painted-cup paintbrush62 obs
  • Acadian Hairstreak53 obs
  • Monarch52 obs
  • Common Wood-Nymph52 obs
  • tall green milkweed48 obs
  • smooth phlox48 obs
  • leadplant37 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/666371959

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