Salt Creek Woods
Salt Creek Woods is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Torin's, a garden 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.1 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 20.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 4 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Torin's: 0.4 mi
- Sally Schulz Memorial Butterfly Garden: 1.6 mi
- Peirce Park Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
- Kesman Garden: 2.6 mi
- Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Northeast Park: 0.4 mi
- Gilbert Park: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Sereda Park: 0.9 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 0.5 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 2.7 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 2.9 mi
- Golden Lion Tamarins: 2.9 mi
- Saddle Billed Stork: 3.0 mi
- Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- La Grange Park Woods: 0.9 mi
- Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Brookfield Woods Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Mayslake Forest Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Ekdahl House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Western Springs Water Tower: 1.1 mi
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum: 1.2 mi
- Graue Mill: 1.7 mi
- Graue House: 1.7 mi
- Kiwanis Club of Westchester: 2.1 mi
- The Chase Rock: 2.4 mi
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument: 2.7 mi
- Cannon Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Türkân Ilkdemirci: 3.0 mi
- Prairie Spirit: 2.7 mi
- Bicentennial Liberty Bell: 2.9 mi
- Ant Hill: 3.0 mi
- Tree: 3.0 mi
- Elephant: 3.0 mi
- Westman Beach: 3.2 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 11.4 mi
- Centennial Beach: 14.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 14.9 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 15.0 mi
- Players Hill: 7.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 8.9 mi
- Hidden Hill: 9.0 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 9.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 10.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 15.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 16.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salt Creek Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 235° | 259 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 272° | 255 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 35° | 204 m | 16.8 mi |
| Players Hill | ENE 62° | 187 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/174384797
Day trips start here
- Brookfield · 2 mi
- Hinsdale · 2 mi
- La Grange · 2 mi
- Oak Brook · 2 mi
- Western Springs · 2 mi
- Berwyn · 6 mi
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