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Smith Memorial Park

Smith Memorial Park from directly overhead

Smith Memorial Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 206 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Landeen Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway runs past it. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
206 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Heights Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50515, -87.65595

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Indian & Pioneer Campground: 2.0 mi
  • Steger Veteran's Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Dixie Highway: 3.8 mi
  • Camp Thornton: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 1.7 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 3.9 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.2 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.8 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 10.1 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 55
Beaches: 25
  • Whihala Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Ceadar Lake Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Jeorse Park Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Buffington Harbor Beach: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Big Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Sled Hill: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberENE 70°214 m22.9 mi
Chanute HillENE 69°195 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4016:24

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, 2 mi away.

  • lesser celandine37 obs
  • ground-ivy31 obs
  • red deadnettle31 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty28 obs
  • common buckthorn27 obs
  • cutleaf teasel26 obs
  • common milkweed22 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort20 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/262599038

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