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White Eagle Woods North

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White Eagle Woods North is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is White Eagle Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 19 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

Coordinates41.82052, -87.80813

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Robinson Park: 0.5 mi
  • Amelia Park: 0.6 mi
  • Guthrie Park: 0.7 mi
  • Haley Park: 0.8 mi
  • Centennial Plaza: 0.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Emu: 1.4 mi
  • Reindeer: 1.4 mi
  • Bennet's Wallaby: 1.4 mi
  • Red Panda: 1.4 mi
  • Alpaca: 1.4 mi
Gardens
  • Family Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Kesman Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Lincoln School Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 19
  • Players Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 8.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 13.0 mi
  • Lake Strini: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Eagle Woods North. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 246°259 m15.3 mi
Mount HoyW 273°255 m19.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 21°204 m15.0 mi
Players HillNNE 29°187 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/174438627

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