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Van Oostenbrugge Park

Van Oostenbrugge Park from directly overhead

Van Oostenbrugge Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

What to expect

Operated by
Village of South Holland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60940, -87.60478

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.3 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wigwam Park: 0.5 mi
  • DeYoung's Grove Park: 0.5 mi
  • Teepee park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 2.4 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 2.9 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 4.7 mi
  • Peteyville Christmas Lights: 7.7 mi
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 8.4 mi
Artworks
  • Prairie Boat: 2.9 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 3.6 mi
  • United We Stand: 6.2 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 6.2 mi
  • Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 32
Peaks: 20
  • Belly Button Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Sled Hill: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberE 89°214 m18.9 mi
Chanute HillE 88°195 m17.5 mi
Players HillNNW 336°187 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 9 mi away.

  • white clover17 obs
  • Monarch8 obs
  • Turkey Vulture6 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade6 obs
  • American Robin5 obs
  • Plains Garter Snake5 obs
  • American pokeweed5 obs
  • Great Egret5 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/176749010

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