Southwest Park
Southwest Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 6.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Harvey Park District
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 16 mi
- Viewing area · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Martin Luther King Park: 0.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.5 mi
- Holmes Park: 1.0 mi
- Radio Station Park: 1.0 mi
- New Holmes Park: 1.1 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 2.6 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 5.2 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 5.5 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 6.6 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 10.5 mi
- Dixie Highway: 2.7 mi
- Undergoroud Railroad Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 3.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 4.0 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 4.9 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 6.5 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 6.9 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.3 mi
- Prairie Boat: 5.0 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 6.4 mi
- Arche Fountain: 6.5 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 6.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.9 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 5.2 mi
- HAST Garden: 7.1 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 7.8 mi
- Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 10.3 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 10.3 mi
- Munson Beach: 10.3 mi
- Whihala Beach: 10.4 mi
- Calumet Beach: 10.5 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 3.9 mi
- Sledding Hill: 9.5 mi
- Arbor Hill: 11.6 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 13.4 mi
- Big Hill: 13.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 3.4 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 15.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 15.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Tedens: 17.5 mi
- Lake Strini: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Southwest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 293° | 259 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Lieber | E 87° | 214 m | 21.8 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 86° | 195 m | 20.3 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 344° | 187 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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, 7 mi away.
- Viceroy67 obs
- Acadian Hairstreak51 obs
- Common Wood-Nymph49 obs
- tall green milkweed41 obs
- smooth phlox40 obs
- Monarch39 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue32 obs
- wild quinine31 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/148633618
Day trips start here
- Harvey · 1 mi
- Blue Island · 4 mi
- Midlothian · 4 mi
- Crestwood · 5 mi
- Oak Forest · 5 mi
- Alsip · 6 mi
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