Arrowhead Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1
Arrowhead Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bur Oak Woods Picnic Grove 2, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.7 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 9.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 9 mi
- Viewing area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tinley Creek Bike Path: 0.4 mi
- Walsh-Westgate Park: 0.8 mi
- Meyers Park: 0.9 mi
- Crawford Park: 1.0 mi
- Ishnala Woods Park: 1.2 mi
- Tinley Creek Woods: 0.9 mi
- Bachelor's Grove Woods: 1.1 mi
- Paddock Woods: 2.9 mi
- Palos Park Woods: 3.1 mi
- McClaughry Springs Woods: 3.4 mi
- Palos Park Veteran's Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Centennial Monument: 2.7 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 4.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 10.3 mi
- Wingren: 11.3 mi
- Kesman Garden: 11.6 mi
- Fairy Garden: 11.8 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 4.2 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 5.1 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 5.5 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 6.1 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- John Paul II: 7.3 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 8.0 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 8.4 mi
- Mamie Till-Mobley: 9.0 mi
- Giant Cow: 9.4 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 8.8 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 9.8 mi
- The Grainery Building: 10.7 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 11.2 mi
- Schmuhl School: 11.7 mi
- Westman Beach: 14.2 mi
- Munson Beach: 14.4 mi
- Calumet Beach: 14.4 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 14.5 mi
- South Shore Beach: 14.5 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 3.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 14.3 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 15.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 9.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 11.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 24.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 11.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 17.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 17.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 15.8 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 24.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 4.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arrowhead Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 291° | 259 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WNW 303° | 255 m | 23.7 mi |
| Players Hill | N 5° | 187 m | 15.8 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/382515053
Day trips start here
- Palos Heights · 1 mi
- Alsip · 3 mi
- Crestwood · 3 mi
- Oak Forest · 3 mi
- Midlothian · 4 mi
- Oak Lawn · 5 mi
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