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Pioneer Park

Pioneer Park from directly overhead

Pioneer Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Terrace View Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 6.8 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

What to expect

Operated by
Village of South Holland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.59605, -87.58739

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Terrace View Park: 0.4 mi
  • Arrowhead Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pow-Wow Park: 0.7 mi
  • MacArthur Park: 0.7 mi
  • Gouwens Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 1.8 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 2.6 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 4.8 mi
  • Peteyville Christmas Lights: 6.8 mi
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 8.1 mi
Artworks
  • Prairie Boat: 3.8 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 4.8 mi
  • United We Stand: 5.6 mi
  • Flick Statue: 6.7 mi
  • Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 31
Peaks: 20
  • Sledding Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Sled Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberE 86°214 m18.1 mi
Chanute HillE 85°195 m16.7 mi
Players HillNNW 334°187 m21.4 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 solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage66 obs
  • Virginia bluebells59 obs
  • sensitive fern51 obs
  • swamp rose mallow48 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty47 obs
  • White-tailed Deer42 obs
  • lesser celandine42 obs
  • Wild Turkey40 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/176881724

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