Swanson Park
Swanson 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 Sergeant Means Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.4 miles off. 13 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
- 0.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 20 mi
- Viewing area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sergeant Means Park: 0.4 mi
- Illinois Park: 0.8 mi
- Smith Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Meidell Park: 1.0 mi
- Landeen Park: 1.0 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 1.1 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 3.3 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.3 mi
- The Grainery Building: 9.4 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.7 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.5 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 3: 1.8 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 2: 2.0 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 5: 2.1 mi
- Joe Orr Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.1 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 2.5 mi
- Dixie Highway: 3.3 mi
- Steger Veteran's Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Camp Thornton: 4.7 mi
- Arche Fountain: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 1.5 mi
- Bodark Arc: 4.8 mi
- Sisyphus’Aviary: 4.9 mi
- Phoenix: 4.9 mi
- Spirit Trail Park: 1.6 mi
- Halsted Woods: 1.6 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods: 1.9 mi
- Joe Orr Woods: 1.9 mi
- Elliot Woods Park: 2.0 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 7.2 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 8.4 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 9.1 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 12.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.4 mi
- HAST Garden: 10.5 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 10.5 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 10.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 12.0 mi
- Whihala Beach: 15.0 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 15.0 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 15.2 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 15.4 mi
- Munson Beach: 15.5 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 8.0 mi
- Sledding Hill: 8.2 mi
- Big Hill: 8.2 mi
- Arbor Hill: 12.0 mi
- Sled Hill: 14.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 5.8 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 10.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 10.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- Tedens: 20.1 mi
- Lake Strini: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swanson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ENE 72° | 214 m | 23.4 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 71° | 195 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 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, 1 mi away.
- ground-ivy32 obs
- red deadnettle31 obs
- common buckthorn27 obs
- cutleaf teasel27 obs
- lesser celandine26 obs
- wild carrot19 obs
- common milkweed18 obs
- eastern black walnut15 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/1079531251
Day trips start here
- Chicago Heights · 2 mi
- South Suburbs · 4 mi
- Harvey · 7 mi
- Lansing · 7 mi
- Dyer · 8 mi
- Midlothian · 8 mi
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