River Trail Nature Center
River Trail Nature Center is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Shack, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 19 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugar Shack: 0.0 mi
- Plant identification trail: 0.1 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 1.9 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 4.7 mi
- K1 Speed: 5.1 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 0.1 mi
- Allison Woods: 0.4 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods - East: 0.5 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-West: 0.5 mi
- Camp Pine Woods: 0.5 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-East Grove #1: 0.3 mi
- Allison Woods Grove #1: 0.4 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-West Grove #2: 0.5 mi
- Camp Pine Woods Grove #1: 0.8 mi
- Dam No. 2 Woods Grove #1: 0.8 mi
- Burning Bush Park: 0.7 mi
- Aspen Trails Park: 0.8 mi
- Willow Trails Park: 0.9 mi
- Indian Trail Park: 1.0 mi
- Indian Ridge Park: 1.1 mi
- The Plank Road: 1.4 mi
- War Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Belleau Wood Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Trail Marker Tree: 5.4 mi
- Lions Club: 5.5 mi
- Robert Kennicott House: 1.4 mi
- Kohl Childrens Museum: 3.0 mi
- Mount Prospect Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Northfield Inn: 3.8 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 3.1 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 4.6 mi
- Community garden: 5.3 mi
- Frontier Park Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Moraine Township Food Pantry Garden: 5.8 mi
- Glenview Bear: 4.3 mi
- William Dunton: 5.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 5.3 mi
- Undercover History: 5.7 mi
- Wing: 5.9 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 7.6 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 7.8 mi
- Millard Beach: 7.9 mi
- Millard Beach: 8.0 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 8.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.3 mi
- sled hill: 8.3 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.9 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.2 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 10.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 7.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of River Trail Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SW 220° | 255 m | 23.7 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 357° | 234 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 118° | 204 m | 10.4 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 158° | 187 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/291346398
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 15 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 15 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 17 mi
- Berwyn · 18 mi
- Chicagoland · 18 mi
- Cicero · 18 mi
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