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Paarlberg Park

Paarlberg Park from directly overhead

Paarlberg Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Vollbrecht Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 6.1 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
183 m

What to expect

Operated by
Village of South Holland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.58172, -87.57144

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 1.4 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.4 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 5.2 mi
  • Peteyville Christmas Lights: 6.1 mi
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 8.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
  • Prairie Boat: 4.9 mi
  • United We Stand: 5.4 mi
  • Flick Statue: 5.7 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 6.1 mi
  • Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 30
  • Whihala Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Jeorse Park Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Buffington Harbor Beach: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Sledding Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Sled Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Big Hill: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberE 82°214 m17.4 mi
Chanute HillE 81°195 m16.0 mi
Players HillNNW 334°187 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:24

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.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage69 obs
  • Virginia bluebells58 obs
  • sensitive fern57 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty48 obs
  • swamp rose mallow46 obs
  • lesser celandine44 obs
  • mayapple43 obs
  • Wild Turkey41 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/187749227

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