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Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound

Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound from directly overhead

Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound is a rest area in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Mount Langham stands 221 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound, a rest area 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.9 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Illinois Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates41.39149, -87.77440

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Firemens Park: 2.8 mi
  • Lloyd Bate Park: 3.8 mi
  • Peotone Community Park: 4.5 mi
  • Will County Fairground: 4.7 mi
  • Pine Lake Park: 5.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Indian & Pioneer Campground: 8.2 mi
  • Steger Veteran's Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Dixie Highway: 12.9 mi
  • Camp Thornton: 14.6 mi
Museums: 30
Attractions: 15
  • The Grainery Building: 8.4 mi
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 9.1 mi
  • Schmuhl School: 11.4 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 12.9 mi
  • Minne Monesse Golf Club: 15.7 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Big Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 20.4 mi
  • Sled Hill: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Butterfly Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Wingren: 19.6 mi
  • City Hall Rose Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Michigan Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Ceadar Lake Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 25.0 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LanghamS 180°221 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4116:25

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/221158573

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