Perkins Woods Forest Preserve
Perkins Woods Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Harry Hibbert Porter Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harry Hibbert Porter Park: 0.3 mi
- Quinlan Park: 0.4 mi
- The Backlot: 0.4 mi
- Ackerman Park: 0.4 mi
- Ellingwood Park: 0.5 mi
- Ackerman Park Picnic Tables: 0.4 mi
- Picnic: 0.6 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.9 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 3: 3.0 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Grove 6: 3.0 mi
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: 0.5 mi
- Evanston Ecology Center: 0.6 mi
- Wilmette Historical Museum: 1.2 mi
- Kenilworth Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Evanston History Center: 2.3 mi
- Eggleston Park Food Forest: 0.5 mi
- McCormick Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Twiggs Canal Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Merrick Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 1.9 mi
- Cartwright Mound: 0.7 mi
- Sculpture: 0.9 mi
- Trunnion II: 1.4 mi
- La Souterraine: 1.4 mi
- Sea of Ear: 1.8 mi
- Ladd Arboretum: 0.8 mi
- Elmwood Dunes Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Stephen R. Keay Nature Learning Center: 2.3 mi
- Calvin R. Sutker Grove: 2.6 mi
- Dr. Janusz Korczak: 0.9 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 1.0 mi
- Sharp Corners: 1.6 mi
- Antoine Ouilmette: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 1.8 mi
- Langdon Park Beach: 1.9 mi
- Langdon Beach: 1.9 mi
- Gillson Beach: 1.9 mi
- North Beach: 2.0 mi
- Aquatics Beach: 2.0 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 4.3 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 4.9 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 6.8 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 7.3 mi
- Plant identification trail: 9.2 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 2.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 7.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 5.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 8.9 mi
- Covington Bluff: 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Perkins Woods Forest Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | S 172° | 204 m | 2.5 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 193° | 187 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Monarch172 obs
- Eastern Cottontail171 obs
- American Robin161 obs
- Northern Cardinal145 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee126 obs
- Black Swallowtail125 obs
- common milkweed119 obs
- House Sparrow110 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/161744734
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 9 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 11 mi
- Chicagoland · 11 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 12 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 12 mi
- Chicago · 13 mi
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