Beck Lake
Beck Lake is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Park West, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 20 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Community Park West: 0.4 mi
- Indian Trail Park: 1.2 mi
- Countryside Lane Park: 1.2 mi
- Dee Park: 1.3 mi
- Sesquicentennial Park: 1.4 mi
- Kloempken Prairie Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Kloempken Prairie: 0.9 mi
- Kennicott's Grove Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Kennicott Grove: 1.3 mi
- Lions Woods: 1.3 mi
- Big Bend Lake Grove #1: 1.0 mi
- Lions Woods Grove #1: 1.2 mi
- Camp Pine Woods Grove #1: 1.6 mi
- Dam No. 2 Woods Grove #1: 1.7 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-East Grove #1: 1.9 mi
- The Plank Road: 1.1 mi
- Belleau Wood Memorial: 1.6 mi
- War Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Flight 191 Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 4.9 mi
- Robert Kennicott House: 1.2 mi
- Des Plaines History Museum: 2.1 mi
- Kinder House: 2.1 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Niles Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 1.3 mi
- Plant identification trail: 2.1 mi
- Sugar Shack: 2.1 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 3.3 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 5.7 mi
- Glenview Bear: 3.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 3.4 mi
- Undercover History: 3.6 mi
- Wing: 4.1 mi
- Donald E. Stephens: 4.9 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 3.3 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 3.6 mi
- Community garden: 4.6 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 5.0 mi
- KE20: 5.8 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 7.9 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 7.9 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 7.9 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 8.1 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 8.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 4.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.7 mi
- Hidden Hill: 8.1 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 8.9 mi
- sled hill: 10.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 10.8 mi
- Covington Bluff: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beck Lake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SW 225° | 255 m | 22.7 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 355° | 234 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 109° | 204 m | 8.9 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 158° | 187 m | 14.2 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 | 16:24 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12099638714
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 13 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 13 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 15 mi
- Berwyn · 16 mi
- Chicagoland · 16 mi
- Cicero · 16 mi
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