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Maywood Grove Preserve

Maywood Grove Preserve from directly overhead

Maywood Grove Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Maywood Grove Grove #1, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.8 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.89049, -87.83199

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Maywood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Keystone Park: 0.4 mi
  • Keystone Park: 0.5 mi
  • Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park: 0.6 mi
  • Forest & Augusta Triangle Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Fred Hampton: 0.4 mi
  • Cougar Pride: 1.3 mi
  • Shrouded Body: 1.3 mi
  • Well: 1.6 mi
  • Wolf Head: 1.6 mi
Gardens
  • Healing Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Triton College Botanical Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Lincoln School Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Oak Park Conservatory: 2.5 mi
  • Broadview Community Garden: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • Bactrian Camel: 3.8 mi
  • Przewalski's Horse: 3.9 mi
  • Grevy's Zebra: 3.9 mi
  • Addax: 3.9 mi
  • Short-Nosed Echidna: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 56
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Lake Strini: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maywood Grove Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 229°259 m16.8 mi
Mount HoyWSW 257°255 m18.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 35°204 m11.2 mi
Players HillESE 107°187 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1315381234

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