Isle a la Cache County Forest Preserve
Isle a la Cache County Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Isle La Cache Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 6.3 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 179 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Will County
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 0.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
- Viewing area · 19 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Isle La Cache Museum: 0.1 mi
- Romeoville Area Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Illinois & Michigan Canal Museum: 3.4 mi
- Will County Historical Museum and Research Center: 3.5 mi
- Gladys Fox Museum: 3.6 mi
- Murphy Park: 0.8 mi
- Irene King Park: 1.0 mi
- Spartan Prairie: 1.2 mi
- Nottingham Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Falls Pool: 1.3 mi
- Illinois & Michigan Canal Office: 3.4 mi
- Dreams: 3.5 mi
- ZGS Piston: 7.1 mi
- Plainfield Tornado Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Site A: 9.1 mi
- Wingren: 3.5 mi
- Oak Savanna: 6.2 mi
- Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 6.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 6.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.6 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 5.6 mi
- Schmuhl School: 11.5 mi
- Old telephone poles: 11.8 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 14.2 mi
- St. James Farm Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Unknown: 6.6 mi
- Balancing Beam: 6.6 mi
- Sister 1: 6.6 mi
- Unknown: 6.7 mi
- Four Corners: 6.7 mi
- Akin Park Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Stand Alone Fireplace: 8.2 mi
- Tampier Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 8.3 mi
- Tampier Greenway Family Picnic Area Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 9.1 mi
- Red Gate Woods: 9.4 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 6.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 7.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.4 mi
- Rotary Hill: 10.1 mi
- Spruce Hill: 12.1 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Westbound): 18.9 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Eastbound): 20.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 22.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 23.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 24.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 7.0 mi
- Michigan Beach: 8.5 mi
- Centennial Beach: 10.2 mi
- Westman Beach: 13.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 19.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 1.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Isle a la Cache County Forest Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | NW 310° | 273 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | N 355° | 259 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NNW 337° | 255 m | 14.5 mi |
| Maramech Hill | W 270° | 196 m | 24.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NE 43° | 187 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romeoville WFO, 3 mi away.
- common milkweed31 obs
- Common Watersnake22 obs
- Great Egret22 obs
- Virginia bluebells21 obs
- White-tailed Deer18 obs
- Painted Turtle17 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird16 obs
- Monarch16 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/354229260
Day trips start here
- Bolingbrook · 4 mi
- Lemont · 5 mi
- Woodridge · 7 mi
- Joliet · 9 mi
- Naperville · 9 mi
- Lisle · 11 mi
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