Oakwood Park
Oakwood Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Vietnam War Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 3.4 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lan-Oak Park District
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 3.6 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vietnam War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Ford Hangar: 0.3 mi
- Lansing Firefighters Memorial: 1.4 mi
- World War I Monument: 1.8 mi
- Persian Gulf War Monument: 1.8 mi
- Oakwood Park: 0.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
- Erfert Park: 0.6 mi
- Lakeview Community Park: 0.8 mi
- Schultz Park: 1.1 mi
- Jurgensen Woods Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Jurgensen Woods: 2.5 mi
- Sweet Woods: 3.1 mi
- Michael J. O'Malley Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Brownell Woods: 3.7 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.5 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 5.9 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.0 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 6.6 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 8.0 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 4.4 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 9.5 mi
- Mascot Hall of Fame: 9.7 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 9.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.4 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- HAST Garden: 5.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 8.1 mi
- Flick Statue: 4.5 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 5.7 mi
- Arche Fountain: 5.8 mi
- United We Stand: 6.5 mi
- Prairie Boat: 7.7 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 9.1 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 9.2 mi
- Whihala Beach: 10.1 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 10.3 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 10.8 mi
- Sledding Hill: 2.5 mi
- Arbor Hill: 5.1 mi
- Sled Hill: 7.9 mi
- Big Hill: 10.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 3.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 16.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 16.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.5 mi
- Tedens: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oakwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ENE 73° | 214 m | 16.5 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 71° | 195 m | 15.2 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, 8 mi away.
- Blue-spotted Salamander10 obs
- Dunlin8 obs
- Semipalmated Plover7 obs
- American Robin7 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake6 obs
- bittersweet nightshade6 obs
- White-tailed Deer5 obs
- Eastern Cottontail5 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/1242296786
Day trips start here
- Lansing · 1 mi
- Munster · 2 mi
- Dyer · 4 mi
- Chicago Heights · 5 mi
- Hammond · 5 mi
- Schererville · 6 mi
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