Somonauk Park
Somonauk Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Chanute Hill stands 195 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Marquette Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 2.3 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 19.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
- Viewing area · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marquette Park: 0.4 mi
- Keokuk Park: 0.4 mi
- Shabbona Park: 0.5 mi
- Farm Trace Family Park: 0.6 mi
- Jones Park: 0.7 mi
- Bodark Arc: 1.7 mi
- Phoenix: 1.8 mi
- Illinois Landscape N 5: 1.8 mi
- Sisyphus’Aviary: 1.8 mi
- Flying Saucer: 1.8 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 1.8 mi
- Steger Veteran's Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Dixie Highway: 6.3 mi
- Camp Thornton: 7.7 mi
- King's Grove: 2.2 mi
- Elliot Woods Park: 2.5 mi
- Spirit Trail Park: 2.6 mi
- Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods: 2.8 mi
- Kings Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.2 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 5: 2.5 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 3: 2.6 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 2: 2.8 mi
- Sauk Trial Woods Grove 1: 2.8 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 8.3 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 11.4 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 11.6 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 13.0 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 15.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 11.5 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 13.4 mi
- HAST Garden: 13.5 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 13.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 14.2 mi
- Ceadar Lake Beach: 15.9 mi
- Whihala Beach: 18.1 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 18.1 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 18.3 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 18.3 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 2.3 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 6.3 mi
- The Grainery Building: 8.1 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 11.3 mi
- Schmuhl School: 12.1 mi
- Big Hill: 6.8 mi
- Sledding Hill: 10.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.3 mi
- Arbor Hill: 14.2 mi
- Sled Hill: 15.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Somonauk Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chanute Hill | ENE 66° | 195 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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, 2 mi away.
- Canada Goose109 obs
- American Robin22 obs
- common milkweed18 obs
- Painted Turtle17 obs
- White-tailed Deer17 obs
- American Bullfrog17 obs
- common reed16 obs
- Great Blue Heron14 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/689771441
Day trips start here
- South Suburbs · 3 mi
- Chicago Heights · 4 mi
- Dyer · 9 mi
- Tinley Park · 9 mi
- Beecher · 10 mi
- Harvey · 10 mi
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