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Butterfield Creek Headwaters Land and Water Reserve

Butterfield Creek Headwaters Land and Water Reserve from directly overhead

Butterfield Creek Headwaters Land and Water Reserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Dewey Helmick Nature Preserve Addition to Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve Buffer, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.7 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.49589, -87.76112

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Dewey Helmick Nature Preserve Addition to Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve Buffer: 0.2 mi
  • Dewey Helmick Nature Preserve Addition to Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve Buffer: 0.4 mi
  • Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Sauk Trail Reservoir: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Klawitter Park: 1.3 mi
  • Notre Dame Park: 1.4 mi
  • Klawitter Park: 1.7 mi
  • Allemong Park: 1.7 mi
  • Glaeser Park: 1.8 mi
Picnic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 3.8 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 4.6 mi
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 6.6 mi
  • Schmuhl School: 8.6 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 12.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Indian & Pioneer Campground: 5.2 mi
  • Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Steger Veteran's Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Dixie Highway: 6.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 9.3 mi
Museums
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 17
  • Michigan Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Whihala Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Munson Beach: 19.1 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Big Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 16.9 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butterfield Creek Headwaters Land and Water Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillNW 315°259 m23.0 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/339622616

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