Des Plaines Riverway Forest Preserve
Des Plaines Riverway Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Gate Woods, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.1 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 6 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 22 mi
- Viewing area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Gate Woods: 0.6 mi
- Pulaski Woods: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Road Woods: 1.6 mi
- Columbia Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.0 mi
- Maple Lake: 2.1 mi
- Palisades Park: 0.7 mi
- Citizens Parks: 0.8 mi
- Santa Fe Park: 1.0 mi
- Santa Fe Park: 1.0 mi
- Kraml Park: 1.2 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Plot M: 0.9 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Site A: 1.1 mi
- Pulaski Woods: 1.6 mi
- Reggie Leslie: 1.9 mi
- Piotr Przeslica: 1.9 mi
- John Husar I&M Canal: 1.4 mi
- Columbia Woods: 2.2 mi
- Willow Springs Woods: 2.5 mi
- Spears Woods: 3.4 mi
- Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Sagawau Environmental Learning Center: 1.8 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 2.4 mi
- National Shrine Museum of St. Thesese: 3.0 mi
- Flagg Creek Historical Museum: 3.1 mi
- Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall: 3.2 mi
- Walking Stick: 2.6 mi
- Jet Era: 2.6 mi
- Sister 2: 2.7 mi
- Unknown: 2.7 mi
- Unknown: 2.7 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 3.5 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 7.5 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 8.1 mi
- Mexican Gray Wolf: 9.2 mi
- Andean Condor: 9.2 mi
- Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Peirce Park Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Hurwitz Memorial Garden: 6.3 mi
- Torin's: 7.6 mi
- Kesman Garden: 7.6 mi
- Westman Beach: 7.0 mi
- Centennial Beach: 12.6 mi
- Michigan Beach: 15.5 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 17.4 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 18.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 0.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 8.1 mi
- Spruce Hill: 10.7 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 10.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 2.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 4.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 19.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 19.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 23.6 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 23.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 10.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 22.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 3.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Des Plaines Riverway Forest Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | W 278° | 259 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WNW 302° | 255 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 28° | 204 m | 24.1 mi |
| Players Hill | NE 36° | 187 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 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 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1511728413
Day trips start here
- Lemont · 4 mi
- Burbank · 6 mi
- Hinsdale · 6 mi
- La Grange · 7 mi
- Palos Heights · 7 mi
- Western Springs · 7 mi
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