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Pioneer Park Forest Preserve

Pioneer Park Forest Preserve from directly overhead

Pioneer Park Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bailey Hobson Woods Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.5 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
200 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.74916, -88.13081

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bailey Hobson Woods Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hobson Woods Park: 0.5 mi
  • Columbia Commons: 0.6 mi
  • Hobson Grove Park: 0.6 mi
  • Pembroke Commons Park: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 0.5 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 5.4 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 5.5 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 5.5 mi
  • Katherine Pavilion - North Picnic Shelter: 11.3 mi
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Growth and Change: 1.8 mi
  • A Lifetime Together: 1.8 mi
  • Dick Tracy: 1.9 mi
  • Riverwalk Visionaries: 1.9 mi
  • The Great Concerto: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Confederate Cannon: 1.9 mi
  • Shannower 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors: 1.9 mi
  • William Crowder: 2.1 mi
  • The Spirit of the American Navy: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks: 16
  • Rotary Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 3.0 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Pine Hill: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundWNW 297°273 m17.3 mi
Mounded LandfillESE 116°259 m3.0 mi
Mount HoyNNW 336°255 m6.3 mi
Maramech HillWSW 250°196 m22.5 mi
Players HillENE 65°187 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch50 obs
  • Stream Bluet49 obs
  • Mallard46 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail46 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee39 obs
  • American Toad33 obs
  • wild bergamot32 obs
  • common milkweed31 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/198513842

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