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Campground Road Woods

Campground Road Woods from directly overhead

Campground Road Woods is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chautauqua Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03161, -87.87463

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Chautauqua Park: 0.1 mi
  • Rand Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cherokee Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mary Q. Alberding Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
Museums
  • Kinder House: 0.8 mi
  • Des Plaines History Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 1.3 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.4 mi
  • Niles Historical Society: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Statue of Liberty: 1.1 mi
  • Wing: 1.8 mi
  • Donald E. Stephens: 2.6 mi
  • Undercover History: 2.7 mi
  • City Windows: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 8.7 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 10.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Campground Road Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 207°259 m23.3 mi
Mount HoySW 229°255 m20.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 94°204 m8.7 mi
Players HillSSE 153°187 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3816:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12111585446

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