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Woodgate Park

Woodgate Park from directly overhead

Woodgate Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 213 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Allemong Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 1.2 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
213 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.52394, -87.75366

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 3.6 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 5.1 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 5.3 mi
  • Schmuhl School: 9.0 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 11.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Dixie Highway: 5.2 mi
  • Indian & Pioneer Campground: 5.7 mi
  • Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Steger Veteran's Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 7.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches: 19
  • Michigan Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Munson Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 17.4 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Belly Button Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Big Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 15.7 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillNW 310°259 m22.0 mi
Players HillN 358°187 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:25

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, 4 mi away.

  • reed canary grass57 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird49 obs
  • Bobolink45 obs
  • White-tailed Deer41 obs
  • Plains Garter Snake40 obs
  • Song Sparrow33 obs
  • Eastern Meadowlark29 obs
  • Northern Harrier29 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/224290232

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