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Bremen Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1

Bremen Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1 from directly overhead

Bremen Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Boniface Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 6.5 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60081, -87.78359

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Site of Robbins Airport: 4.5 mi
  • Palos Park Veteran's Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Centennial Monument: 5.4 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 6.6 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 7.8 mi
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 8.2 mi
  • Schmuhl School: 9.6 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 11.4 mi
Artworks
  • Yugo Griffin: 7.1 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 8.8 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 9.4 mi
  • Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 9.9 mi
  • Arche Fountain: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Munson Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Calumet Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Michigan Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Hammond Marina Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Whihala Park West Beach: 15.7 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Belly Button Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Signal Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 15.2 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bremen Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWNW 301°259 m17.7 mi
Players HillN 2°187 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242738516272777567544130
Precip in2.32.02.54.15.04.64.14.53.53.72.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/382531260

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