Nuñez Park
Nuñez Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Unity Plaza, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 11 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of East Chicago
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.6 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Unity Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Callahan Park: 0.3 mi
- Linear Park: 0.4 mi
- Carey/Jackson Park: 0.7 mi
- Jeorse Park: 0.7 mi
- DuPont Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Grand Calumet River Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Cline Avenue Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Tolleston Ridges Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- United We Stand: 2.4 mi
- Flick Statue: 5.3 mi
- Fusion: 6.4 mi
- Elbert H. Gary Monument: 6.5 mi
- Pride Of East Side: 6.5 mi
- Tadeusz Kościuszko: 2.6 mi
- Whiting Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- General Casimir Pulaski: 3.7 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 4.1 mi
- Small Stone Henge Monument: 4.3 mi
- Mascot Hall of Fame: 2.9 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 3.0 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Gary Land Company Building: 6.5 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.1 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 4.3 mi
- HAST Garden: 4.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 3.3 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.3 mi
- Genesis Convention Center: 6.4 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.5 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 10.3 mi
- Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 5.0 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 6.3 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 6.4 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 6.4 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 1: 6.4 mi
- Arbor Hill: 6.6 mi
- Sledding Hill: 9.5 mi
- Sled Hill: 9.6 mi
- Chanute Hill: 9.6 mi
- Mount Lieber: 11.0 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 0.7 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 1.3 mi
- Whihala Beach: 3.7 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 4.2 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 5.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 9.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 24.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 24.5 mi
- Tremont: 20.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nuñez Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ESE 101° | 214 m | 11.0 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ESE 102° | 195 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Holden | E 87° | 194 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Tom | E 87° | 193 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Jackson | E 87° | 192 m | 20.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 314° | 187 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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, 16 mi away.
- Canada Goose9 obs
- American Robin9 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel8 obs
- Great Egret8 obs
- Common Garter Snake7 obs
- White-tailed Deer7 obs
- Caspian Tern7 obs
- Eastern Tiger Salamander6 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/178738423
Day trips start here
- East Chicago · 1 mi
- Hammond · 3 mi
- Gary · 6 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 7 mi
- Munster · 7 mi
- Lansing · 8 mi
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