Sauk Trail Reservoir
Sauk Trail Reservoir is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 221 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Timbers Edge Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 1.6 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 221 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Will County
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 14.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 19 mi
- Des Plaines River · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Timbers Edge Park: 0.4 mi
- Commissioners Park: 0.7 mi
- Lakeview Estates North Park: 0.7 mi
- Commissioners Park: 0.8 mi
- Stone Creek Park: 1.3 mi
- Hunters Woods: 1.2 mi
- Butterfield Creek Headwaters Land and Water Reserve: 2.2 mi
- Dewey Helmick Nature Preserve Addition to Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve Buffer: 2.2 mi
- Dewey Helmick Nature Preserve Addition to Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve Buffer: 2.5 mi
- Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- The Grainery Building: 2.9 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 6.0 mi
- Schmuhl School: 6.9 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 8.6 mi
- Old telephone poles: 14.5 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 3.5 mi
- Spiral: 4.6 mi
- Sisyphus’Aviary: 4.7 mi
- Paul: 4.7 mi
- Flying Saucer: 4.7 mi
- Vollmer Road Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 5.2 mi
- Hickory Creek Barrens Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Kings Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 7.4 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 5: 7.6 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 3: 7.6 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 7.0 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Steger Veteran's Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Dixie Highway: 8.7 mi
- Nativity Scene: 10.3 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 6.4 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 11.8 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 14.7 mi
- Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66: 15.0 mi
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum: 15.0 mi
- Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Wingren: 14.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 14.8 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 16.0 mi
- HAST Garden: 17.0 mi
- Michigan Beach: 13.7 mi
- Ceadar Lake Beach: 20.9 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 21.0 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 21.0 mi
- Whihala Beach: 21.0 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.1 mi
- Big Hill: 11.5 mi
- Sledding Hill: 15.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 16.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 17.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 17.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 17.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 14.0 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 24.5 mi
- Lake Strini: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sauk Trail Reservoir. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | NW 320° | 259 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/689512873
Day trips start here
- South Suburbs · 3 mi
- Tinley Park · 6 mi
- Chicago Heights · 9 mi
- Oak Forest · 9 mi
- Midlothian · 11 mi
- Crestwood · 12 mi
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