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Big Woods Park

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Big Woods Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie Path Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 1.2 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
237 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Batavia Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.83713, -88.29111

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prairie Path Park: 0.6 mi
  • H. Michael Wild Park: 0.7 mi
  • Fox Trail Park: 0.7 mi
  • Woodland Hills Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wind Energy Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
  • Reflections: 5.5 mi
  • Wind Emotions: 5.5 mi
  • Cannons: 6.9 mi
  • Mastodon Statue: 6.9 mi
  • Men Digging: 7.0 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 7.1 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 7.5 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 7.6 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 7.7 mi
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 10.6 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Mount Hoy: 5.7 mi
  • Johnson’s Mound: 7.3 mi
  • Rotary Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Pine Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundWNW 285°273 m7.3 mi
Mounded LandfillSE 124°259 m13.2 mi
Mount HoyE 93°255 m5.7 mi
Maramech HillSW 223°196 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232738506170747366534029
Precip in1.91.82.44.14.94.54.23.93.43.72.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron62 obs
  • prairie trillium48 obs
  • Great Egret46 obs
  • Mallard44 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant41 obs
  • Canada Goose39 obs
  • mayapple38 obs
  • Virginia bluebells38 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/405700812

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