Black Partridge Woods
Black Partridge Woods is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Partridge Woods Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.6 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 11 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 20 mi
- Viewing area · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest View Park: 0.8 mi
- Brown Park: 1.1 mi
- Internationale Estates Park: 1.2 mi
- Virginia Reed Park: 1.3 mi
- Boy Scouts Training Field: 1.4 mi
- Lemont Area Historical Society Museum: 1.1 mi
- Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall: 2.8 mi
- Isle La Cache Museum: 3.9 mi
- Romeoville Area Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- National Shrine Museum of St. Thesese: 4.2 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 2.2 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 10.6 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 11.3 mi
- Schmuhl School: 12.7 mi
- St. James Farm Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Unknown: 2.7 mi
- Balancing Beam: 2.8 mi
- Sister 1: 2.8 mi
- Four Corners: 2.8 mi
- Unknown: 2.8 mi
- ZGS Piston: 3.2 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Site A: 5.7 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Plot M: 5.8 mi
- Reggie Leslie: 6.5 mi
- Piotr Przeslica: 6.5 mi
- Oak Savanna: 4.3 mi
- Wingren: 4.5 mi
- Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.9 mi
- Sensory Garden: 6.9 mi
- Red Gate Woods: 5.8 mi
- Tampier Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 6.1 mi
- Wolf Road Woods: 6.5 mi
- Pulaski Woods: 6.6 mi
- Tampier Greenway Family Picnic Area Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 7.1 mi
- Signal Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 4.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 4.8 mi
- Rotary Hill: 9.3 mi
- Spruce Hill: 9.8 mi
- Centennial Beach: 9.4 mi
- Westman Beach: 9.7 mi
- Michigan Beach: 11.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 22.4 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 23.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.8 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Westbound): 22.8 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 23.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 23.8 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Eastbound): 24.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 1.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 3.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 22.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 23.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 4.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Partridge Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | WNW 301° | 273 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | NW 317° | 259 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NW 321° | 255 m | 13.3 mi |
| Players Hill | NE 44° | 187 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romeoville WFO, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/883339297
Day trips start here
- Lemont · 2 mi
- Bolingbrook · 4 mi
- Woodridge · 5 mi
- Lisle · 8 mi
- Downers Grove · 9 mi
- Hinsdale · 9 mi
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