Vergne Way Park
Vergne Way Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Waverly Creekside Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 195 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
- Viewing area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waverly Creekside Park: 0.5 mi
- Gene Leonard Park: 0.7 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
- Central Park: 0.7 mi
- Oak Forest Park District: 0.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 2.3 mi
- Dixie Highway: 5.4 mi
- Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Paintbrush Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Sundrop Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Dropseed Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Bachelor's Grove Woods: 2.6 mi
- Willow Wood Park: 2.8 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 2.5 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 3.3 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 7.4 mi
- Vanderpoel Art Museum: 8.2 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 5.3 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 7.9 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.1 mi
- The Grainery Building: 9.7 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.9 mi
- Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 8.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.2 mi
- HAST Garden: 11.3 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 12.1 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 6.5 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 7.3 mi
- Prairie Boat: 8.2 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 9.1 mi
- Arche Fountain: 9.1 mi
- Munson Beach: 13.0 mi
- Calumet Beach: 13.1 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 13.2 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 13.4 mi
- Whihala Beach: 13.7 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 0.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 11.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 12.6 mi
- Sledding Hill: 13.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 14.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 7.8 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 15.4 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 15.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 13.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 14.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Tedens: 13.1 mi
- Lake Strini: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vergne Way Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 295° | 259 m | 19.1 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 89° | 195 m | 24.6 mi |
| Players Hill | N 356° | 187 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 9 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer21 obs
- Canada Goose15 obs
- American Robin13 obs
- Mallard9 obs
- Monarch9 obs
- eastern poison ivy9 obs
- common buckthorn8 obs
- bittersweet nightshade8 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/175711799
Day trips start here
- Midlothian · 1 mi
- Oak Forest · 1 mi
- Crestwood · 2 mi
- Alsip · 4 mi
- Blue Island · 4 mi
- Tinley Park · 4 mi
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