Beaubien Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1
Beaubien Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie Boat, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 10 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prairie Boat: 0.4 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 2.5 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.5 mi
- Pride Of East Side: 5.1 mi
- United We Stand: 5.1 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 0.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.2 mi
- HAST Garden: 3.8 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 5.0 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.6 mi
- Needles Park: 0.9 mi
- Hoxie Tot Lot: 1.3 mi
- Sunshine Park: 1.3 mi
- Park 600 "Deadstick Pond Natural Area": 1.4 mi
- Kandy Kane Park: 1.4 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Memorial Wall: 0.9 mi
- Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site: 1.3 mi
- Former Lincoln School Entrance: 1.4 mi
- Hegewisch Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Hegewisch Marsh: 1.0 mi
- Heron Pond: 1.7 mi
- Burnham Prairie: 1.8 mi
- Park 565 "Indian Ridge Marsh": 2.2 mi
- Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 1.6 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 4.1 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 7.4 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 7.6 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 7.6 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 2.5 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 3.2 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 3.2 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: 4.0 mi
- Whistler Woods Picnic Grove 2: 2.9 mi
- Whistler Woods Picnic Grove 1: 2.9 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 1: 3.3 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 3.4 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 3.4 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 5.0 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 5.0 mi
- Munson Beach: 5.1 mi
- Whihala Beach: 5.2 mi
- Calumet Beach: 5.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 7.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 9.3 mi
- Sledding Hill: 9.9 mi
- Arbor Hill: 9.9 mi
- Sled Hill: 13.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 5.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 20.4 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 20.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Tedens: 20.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beaubien Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 97° | 214 m | 18.0 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 98° | 195 m | 16.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 329° | 187 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/215328987
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 2 mi
- Harvey · 4 mi
- Blue Island · 5 mi
- Hammond · 5 mi
- East Chicago · 6 mi
- Lansing · 6 mi
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