Dam No. 1 Woods-West
Dam No. 1 Woods-West is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 21 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 24 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1: 0.1 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #2: 0.2 mi
- Massasauga Family Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 1.2 mi
- Allison Woods Grove #1: 1.7 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-West: 0.2 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.1 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East: 1.1 mi
- Potawatomi Woods: 1.2 mi
- Allison Woods: 1.7 mi
- Wood Oaks Green Park: 0.8 mi
- Willow Trails Park: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.4 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.5 mi
- Chamber Park: 1.6 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 2.1 mi
- Robert Kennicott House: 3.3 mi
- Northfield Inn: 3.7 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 3.8 mi
- Plant identification trail: 2.1 mi
- Sugar Shack: 2.1 mi
- K1 Speed: 3.2 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 3.8 mi
- The Magic Rock: 5.4 mi
- The Plank Road: 3.3 mi
- Iconic Rocks: 3.9 mi
- Lions Club: 4.2 mi
- 1834 Capt. Daniel Wright: 4.2 mi
- Trail Marker Tree: 4.4 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 4.3 mi
- Garden: 4.8 mi
- Organic Teaching Garden: 4.9 mi
- Frontier Park Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Moraine Township Food Pantry Garden: 5.1 mi
- Butterfly Statue: 5.1 mi
- William Dunton: 5.1 mi
- Canada Goose: 5.6 mi
- The Rookery: 5.7 mi
- The Sower: 5.7 mi
- Millard Beach: 7.1 mi
- Millard Beach: 7.1 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 7.2 mi
- Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 7.3 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 7.6 mi
- sled hill: 6.7 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.4 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 11.9 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 12.0 mi
- Hidden Hill: 12.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dam No. 1 Woods-West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SW 216° | 255 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 319° | 235 m | 24.1 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 358° | 234 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SE 125° | 204 m | 12.0 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 159° | 187 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12092218519
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 17 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 18 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 19 mi
- Berwyn · 20 mi
- Chicagoland · 20 mi
- Cicero · 20 mi
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