Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Forest Preserve District of Cook County is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the east-southeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mansfield Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mansfield Park: 0.3 mi
- Jacobs Park: 0.6 mi
- Palma Lane Park: 0.7 mi
- Harrer Park: 0.7 mi
- Sequoyah Park: 0.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 0.4 mi
- Viking: 1.3 mi
- Glenview Bear: 2.1 mi
- Sculpture: 2.5 mi
- Cartwright Mound: 2.7 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 0.5 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Grove 2: 0.5 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 3: 0.6 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Grove 4: 0.6 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 5: 0.7 mi
- Harms Woods-South: 0.6 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 0.6 mi
- Harms Woods-Central: 0.7 mi
- Harms Flatwoods Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Calvin R. Sutker Grove: 0.8 mi
- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: 0.9 mi
- Glenview History Center: 1.9 mi
- 1920s Wagner Farm House: 2.0 mi
- Skokie Heritage Museum: 2.1 mi
- Wagner Farm Heritage Center: 2.1 mi
- Skokie Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 1.8 mi
- Community garden: 2.1 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 3.1 mi
- Eggleston Park Food Forest: 3.8 mi
- Sharp Corners: 1.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 1.9 mi
- Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 2.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 2.8 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 4.8 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 6.1 mi
- Plant identification trail: 6.2 mi
- Sugar Shack: 6.2 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 4.5 mi
- Kenilworth Beach: 4.5 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 4.6 mi
- Langdon Park Beach: 4.7 mi
- Langdon Beach: 4.8 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 4.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 4.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 7.4 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 7.6 mi
- Hidden Hill: 7.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 6.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.4 mi
- Covington Bluff: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 119° | 204 m | 4.2 mi |
| Players Hill | S 178° | 187 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| 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 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1171097791
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 10 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 11 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 12 mi
- Chicagoland · 12 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 13 mi
- Chicago · 14 mi
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