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Deer Grove Forest Preserve

Deer Grove Forest Preserve from directly overhead

Deer Grove Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. Hill Fifteen stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Grove Forest Preserve - West, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 21 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
256 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.14234, -88.06978

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Parks
  • Camp Reinberg: 0.4 mi
  • Hummingbird Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lake Park: 1.2 mi
  • Michael D'Angelo Park: 1.3 mi
  • Charles E Brown Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Frontier Park Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Smart Farm: 6.9 mi
  • Meditation Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Spruce Trees Nursery: 7.4 mi
Artworks
  • The Dawning: 4.5 mi
  • Butterfly Statue: 5.5 mi
  • Two Steel Dolphins: 5.8 mi
  • First Iron Poured: 5.9 mi
  • William Dunton: 6.2 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 58
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Lakeview Beach and Dock: 8.0 mi
  • Diamond Lake Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Minear Lake Beach: 12.1 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 12.3 mi
  • sled hill: 12.8 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 14.7 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 17.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 15.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Deer Grove Forest Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hill FifteenNNW 333°276 m24.8 mi
Camelback KameNW 325°268 m23.4 mi
Mount HoySSW 195°255 m22.2 mi
Bald KnobNNW 337°235 m18.2 mi
Leahy HillNNE 22°234 m21.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreESE 114°204 m20.4 mi
Players HillSE 140°187 m24.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5020:33
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212536475868727063513827
Precip in2.11.92.44.05.14.64.04.63.63.42.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barrington 3SW, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer76 obs
  • prairie trillium66 obs
  • mayapple62 obs
  • garlic mustard61 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil56 obs
  • Sandhill Crane55 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty53 obs
  • wild geranium52 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/93251130

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