Thorn Creek Park
Thorn Creek Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Thorndale Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 5.8 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Village of South Holland
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 7.0 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thorndale Park: 0.3 mi
- Arrowhead Park: 0.4 mi
- Terrace View Park: 0.7 mi
- Vollbrecht Park: 0.7 mi
- MacArthur Park: 0.7 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 5: 0.5 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 4: 0.6 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 3: 0.7 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 0.7 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 1: 0.8 mi
- Hoxie Farm / Wampum Lake: 0.8 mi
- Camp Thornton: 1.8 mi
- Undergoroud Railroad Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Lansing Firefighters Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Former Lincoln School Entrance: 3.9 mi
- Brownell Woods: 1.6 mi
- Sweet Woods: 1.8 mi
- Jurgensen Woods Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Jurgensen Woods: 2.2 mi
- Camp Shabbona Woods: 2.4 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 3.9 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 7.2 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 7.2 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 7.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
- HAST Garden: 4.4 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 5.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 2.4 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.6 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 4.1 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 7.2 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 7.3 mi
- Prairie Boat: 4.8 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 5.6 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 5.8 mi
- Arche Fountain: 5.8 mi
- United We Stand: 6.4 mi
- Whihala Beach: 8.9 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 8.9 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 9.1 mi
- Munson Beach: 9.5 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 9.6 mi
- Sledding Hill: 6.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 7.4 mi
- Arbor Hill: 8.0 mi
- Sled Hill: 11.3 mi
- Big Hill: 12.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 0.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 16.1 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 16.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Tedens: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thorn Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 83° | 214 m | 18.6 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 82° | 195 m | 17.1 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 336° | 187 m | 22.2 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 | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 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, 8 mi away.
- lesser celandine52 obs
- American Royal Fern42 obs
- sassafras41 obs
- sensitive fern36 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage35 obs
- cinnamon fern32 obs
- Seedbox24 obs
- mayapple20 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/187749216
Day trips start here
- Lansing · 3 mi
- Harvey · 4 mi
- Munster · 5 mi
- Chicago Heights · 6 mi
- Hammond · 6 mi
- Blue Island · 7 mi
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