Thorndale Park
Thorndale Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis, a rest area 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 5.7 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Village of South Holland
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 7.2 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thorn Creek Park: 0.3 mi
- Arrowhead Park: 0.4 mi
- Thornwood Park: 0.5 mi
- Dahlenburg Park: 0.6 mi
- MacArthur Park: 0.6 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 5: 0.6 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 4: 0.7 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 3: 0.7 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 0.8 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 1: 0.9 mi
- Hoxie Farm / Wampum Lake: 0.9 mi
- Undergoroud Railroad Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Camp Thornton: 1.8 mi
- Lansing Firefighters Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Dixie Highway: 3.7 mi
- Brownell Woods: 1.5 mi
- Sweet Woods: 1.8 mi
- Jurgensen Woods Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Jurgensen Woods: 2.2 mi
- Glenwood Woods North: 2.5 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 2.4 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 7.0 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 7.3 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 7.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.4 mi
- HAST Garden: 4.6 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 5.0 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 5.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.5 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 2.6 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.7 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 3.8 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 7.0 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 7.5 mi
- Prairie Boat: 4.8 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 5.5 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 5.7 mi
- Arche Fountain: 5.7 mi
- United We Stand: 6.6 mi
- Whihala Beach: 9.0 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 9.0 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 9.3 mi
- Munson Beach: 9.6 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 9.8 mi
- Sledding Hill: 6.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 7.2 mi
- Arbor Hill: 8.3 mi
- Sled Hill: 11.6 mi
- Big Hill: 12.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 0.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 16.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 16.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Tedens: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thorndale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 83° | 214 m | 18.8 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 82° | 195 m | 17.4 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 337° | 187 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 | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 7 mi away.
- lesser celandine48 obs
- sassafras39 obs
- American Royal Fern39 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage35 obs
- sensitive fern32 obs
- cinnamon fern32 obs
- Seedbox23 obs
- pointed-leaved tick-trefoil20 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/1272553388
Day trips start here
- Harvey · 3 mi
- Lansing · 3 mi
- Chicago Heights · 6 mi
- Hammond · 6 mi
- Munster · 6 mi
- Blue Island · 7 mi
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