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Viking Park

Viking Park from directly overhead

Viking Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Gurnee Public Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
204 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.37357, -87.91453

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gurnee Public Park: 0.2 mi
  • Esper Petersen Park: 0.2 mi
  • Gowe Park: 0.5 mi
  • Prairie Oaks Park: 0.8 mi
  • South Road Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove: 0.9 mi
  • Sun Garden: 8.9 mi
  • The Buttery: 8.9 mi
  • Fairie Glen: 9.0 mi
  • Cotswold Commons: 9.0 mi
Attractions
Museums: 55
  • Legacy Museum: 1.1 mi
  • The African American Museum at the England Manor: 4.3 mi
  • Waukegan History Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie: 4.5 mi
  • National Museum of the American Sailor: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 43
  • Bowen Formal Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Our lady of Mt. Carmel Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Elawa Farm: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 41
  • Independence Grove Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Waukegan Municipal Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Waukegan Beach: 5.2 mi
  • George's Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 6.0 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Abraham Lincoln: 4.2 mi
  • Traveler: 4.2 mi
  • Jack Benny Monument: 4.3 mi
  • Finger Sculpture: 4.4 mi
  • Round Entry Door: 8.3 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Leahy Hill: 3.6 mi
  • sled hill: 12.0 mi
  • Bald Knob: 15.0 mi
  • Gander Mountain: 16.4 mi
  • Hill Fifteen: 20.1 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Indian Spring: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gander MountainWNW 300°283 m16.4 mi
Hill FifteenWNW 288°276 m20.1 mi
Camelback KameW 279°268 m21.5 mi
Mount TomNW 324°265 m23.9 mi
Mount MoriahWNW 300°257 m20.6 mi
Bald KnobW 273°235 m15.0 mi
Leahy HillN 3°234 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:5020:33
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3716:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636455767727164524029

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukegan, 2 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee32 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee30 obs
  • purple crownvetch23 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle18 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle15 obs
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee14 obs
  • ground-ivy14 obs
  • American black elderberry14 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/625081715

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