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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is John Stewart Memorial Settlement House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 12 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Gary
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.58921, -87.33377

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Carolina Park: 0.3 mi
  • Linear Park: 0.3 mi
  • Goodson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Froebel Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pulaski Playground: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Fusion: 1.0 mi
  • Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 1.0 mi
  • Elbert H. Gary Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Father Marquette Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Octave Chanute: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • U.S. Steel Oxbow Tract: 2.6 mi
  • Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Property: 2.8 mi
  • Liverpool Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Pine Station Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Hidden Prairie: 3.4 mi
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Entrance Garden: 7.7 mi
  • City Hall Rose Garden: 9.1 mi
  • HAST Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks: 48
  • Chanute Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Mount Lieber: 5.3 mi
  • Sled Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Chicago: 6.2 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Genesis Convention Center: 1.0 mi
  • Peteyville Christmas Lights: 6.4 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 11.3 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 12.4 mi
  • Jump: 13.9 mi
Museums: 41
Beaches: 41
  • Lake Street Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Marquette Beach: 4.6 mi
  • East Shoreline: 5.5 mi
  • Buffington Harbor Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Jeorse Park Beach: 6.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 19.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberENE 70°214 m5.3 mi
Chanute HillENE 60°195 m4.0 mi
Mount HoldenENE 70°194 m15.4 mi
Mount TomENE 70°193 m15.2 mi
Mount JacksonENE 71°192 m15.5 mi
Mount BaldyENE 68°185 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1315:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252838485969737265544231
Precip in2.22.02.33.64.34.34.04.13.63.82.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana Dunes NP, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common reed40 obs
  • Japanese Beetle8 obs
  • Zebra Jumping Spider6 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle6 obs
  • bearberry5 obs
  • Pepper Pot5 obs
  • giant ragweed4 obs
  • white mulberry4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/203486168

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