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Riley Park

Riley Park from directly overhead

Riley Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 9.8 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of East Chicago

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62839, -87.45893

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Martin Luther King Park: 0.2 mi
  • E. J. Block Stadium Park: 0.6 mi
  • Goodman Park: 0.6 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.6 mi
  • Carey/Jackson Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Tadeusz Kościuszko: 1.3 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 2.8 mi
  • Small Stone Henge Monument: 3.0 mi
  • General Casimir Pulaski: 3.2 mi
  • Lincoln Funeral Train Historic Marker: 3.5 mi
Artworks
  • United We Stand: 1.5 mi
  • Flick Statue: 4.0 mi
  • Fusion: 6.5 mi
  • Elbert H. Gary Monument: 6.5 mi
  • Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 6.6 mi
Attractions
  • Peteyville Christmas Lights: 1.9 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 5.3 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 5.6 mi
  • Genesis Convention Center: 6.5 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 10.9 mi
Gardens
  • City Hall Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
  • HAST Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Formal Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
Museums
Peaks: 40
  • Arbor Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Sled Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Chanute Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Mount Lieber: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 38
  • Jeorse Park Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Buffington Harbor Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberE 94°214 m11.4 mi
Chanute HillE 94°195 m10.0 mi
Mount HoldenE 83°194 m21.1 mi
Mount TomE 83°193 m20.9 mi
Mount JacksonE 83°192 m21.2 mi
Players HillNW 317°187 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

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, 15 mi away.

  • Bald Eagle17 obs
  • Common Merganser16 obs
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • Canada Goose15 obs
  • Canadian lousewort15 obs
  • star-flowered lily-of-the-valley15 obs
  • spotted horsemint15 obs
  • Sundial Lupine13 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/308269638

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