Forest Way Grove
Forest Way Grove is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Way Grove Picnic Shelter, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 18 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest Way Grove Picnic Shelter: 0.0 mi
- Turnbull Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.4 mi
- Erickson Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 3.6 mi
- Clara Dietz Bird Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Tower Road Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Tower Road: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Ridge Woods: 1.0 mi
- Turnbull Woods: 1.5 mi
- West Park: 0.6 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.6 mi
- Melvin Berlin Park: 0.7 mi
- Astor Park: 0.7 mi
- Milton Park: 0.7 mi
- Eklund Garden: 0.8 mi
- Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden: 1.1 mi
- Glencoe Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Hilltop Garden: 1.3 mi
- Kieunto Dry Garden: 1.3 mi
- Glencoe Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Glencoe Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Anita Willets Burnham Log House: 2.4 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 2.5 mi
- Northfield Inn: 2.5 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 1.1 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 1.2 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 1.2 mi
- The Rookery: 1.2 mi
- Stone Lantern: 1.3 mi
- Dixon Prairie: 1.2 mi
- The Woodland Edge: 1.5 mi
- The Sower Alcove: 1.5 mi
- Henry Demarest Lloyd: 2.4 mi
- Sam's tree: 2.6 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 1.5 mi
- The Magic Rock: 4.0 mi
- Plant identification trail: 6.1 mi
- Sugar Shack: 6.1 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 7.4 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 1.5 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 2.4 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 2.7 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 2.7 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 3.3 mi
- sled hill: 6.4 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 8.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.2 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 12.4 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 12.5 mi
- Covington Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Way Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy Hill | NNW 341° | 234 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 154° | 204 m | 8.1 mi |
| Players Hill | S 179° | 187 m | 17.5 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10010203412
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 15 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 16 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 16 mi
- Chicagoland · 17 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 18 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 18 mi
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