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Sunnyside Park

Sunnyside Park from directly overhead

Sunnyside Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Callahan Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 11 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of East Chicago

How to reach it

Coordinates41.63916, -87.43625

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Callahan Park: 0.5 mi
  • Linear Park: 0.5 mi
  • Unity Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Jeorse Park: 0.8 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Tadeusz Kościuszko: 2.7 mi
  • Whiting Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 4.2 mi
  • General Casimir Pulaski: 4.3 mi
  • Small Stone Henge Monument: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • United We Stand: 2.8 mi
  • Flick Statue: 4.9 mi
  • Fusion: 5.7 mi
  • Elbert H. Gary Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 5.7 mi
Attractions
  • Peteyville Christmas Lights: 2.9 mi
  • Genesis Convention Center: 5.6 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.7 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.8 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 11.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 3.9 mi
  • City Hall Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
  • HAST Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.1 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Arbor Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Sled Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Chanute Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Mount Lieber: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 39
  • Buffington Harbor Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Jeorse Park Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberE 99°214 m10.4 mi
Chanute HillE 100°195 m8.9 mi
Mount HoldenE 85°194 m19.9 mi
Mount TomE 85°193 m19.7 mi
Mount JacksonE 85°192 m20.0 mi
Players HillNW 314°187 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

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, 16 mi away.

  • Canada Goose10 obs
  • Great Egret10 obs
  • Canadian lousewort8 obs
  • American Kestrel7 obs
  • Great Blue Heron7 obs
  • Mute Swan7 obs
  • American Robin7 obs
  • Painted Turtle7 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/205225361

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