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Hidden Oaks Conservation Area

Hidden Oaks Conservation Area from directly overhead

Hidden Oaks Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Lakes Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.1 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Will County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70983, -88.09174

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hidden Lakes Park: 0.2 mi
  • St. Francis Park: 0.4 mi
  • Blackhawk Pond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pathways Pond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Johansen Farm Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
  • Illinois Aviation Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Knoch Knolls Nature Center: 2.6 mi
  • McDonald Farm: 2.7 mi
  • Romeoville Area Historical Society: 4.3 mi
  • Isle La Cache Museum: 5.0 mi
Artworks
  • Buddhist Society Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Growth and Change: 5.2 mi
  • A Lifetime Together: 5.2 mi
  • Dick Tracy: 5.2 mi
  • Riverwalk Visionaries: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites
Historic sites
  • Confederate Cannon: 5.2 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors: 5.2 mi
  • Shannower 9/11 Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • William Crowder: 5.5 mi
  • The Spirit of the American Navy: 5.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 17
  • Mounded Landfill: 1.6 mi
  • Rotary Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 4.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hidden Oaks Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundWNW 302°273 m20.4 mi
Mounded LandfillNNE 26°259 m1.6 mi
Mount HoyNNW 332°255 m9.6 mi
Maramech HillWSW 258°196 m23.7 mi
Players HillNE 55°187 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232637485969737164523929
Precip in2.22.02.43.84.84.44.34.43.43.62.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/468972921

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