- Elevation
- 225 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Langham221 m · 20.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Highway9.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3434, -87.6320
Water Tower Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded 225 m. Mount Langham stands 221 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Depot Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 9.5 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Elevation
- 225 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Water Tower Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langham | SSW 201° | 221 m | 20.8 mi |
- 9.5 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
- 23.9 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Depot Park: 0.1 mi
- Women's Welfare Park: 0.1 mi
- Fireman's Park: 0.2 mi
- Beecher Lion's Park: 0.3 mi
- Sippel Memorial Field: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Black Walnut Creek Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Racoon Grove Nature Reserve: 7.1 mi
- Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Monee Reservoir: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Kings Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 9.2 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 5: 9.9 mi
- Sauk Trial Woods Grove 1: 9.9 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 2: 10.0 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 3: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 58
- Steger Veteran's Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 9.4 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 11.3 mi
- The Lincoln Highway: 12.1 mi
- Lincoln Highway: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 55
- Spot: 4.2 mi
- Field Rotation: 8.3 mi
- Windwaves: 8.4 mi
- Working On The Failed Utopis: 8.5 mi
- Illinois Landscape N 5: 8.5 mi
Museums: 15
- Old Zion Museum: 17.8 mi
- Bourbonnais Grove Historical: 18.4 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 18.5 mi
- Exploration Station Children's Museum: 18.8 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 12
- Minne Monesse Golf Club: 9.0 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 11.6 mi
- South Shore Golf Course: 14.0 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 15.1 mi
- The Grainery Building: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 8
- Ceadar Lake Beach: 10.8 mi
- Clubhouse Beach: 21.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 21.7 mi
- Big Bass Beach: 22.5 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 7
- Memorial Garden: 17.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 18.5 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 19.2 mi
- HAST Garden: 19.8 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 21.7 mi
Peaks: 6
- Big Hill: 4.3 mi
- Sledding Hill: 13.6 mi
- Sled Hill: 17.0 mi
- Arbor Hill: 17.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 8.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 8.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 16.3 mi
- I-65 Rest Stop (southbound): 22.2 mi
- I-65 Rest Stop (northbound): 22.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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, 11 mi away.
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