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Buffalo Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 4

Buffalo Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 4 from directly overhead

Buffalo Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 4 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 3, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.2 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73370, -87.84893

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eugene Danhoff Park: 0.4 mi
  • Woodland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kruger Park: 0.7 mi
  • Petkiewitz Park: 0.9 mi
  • Leisure Garden Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • Andean Condor: 6.8 mi
  • Pelican: 6.8 mi
  • Mexican Gray Wolf: 6.8 mi
  • Bennet's Wallaby: 6.8 mi
  • Ring-Tailed Lemur: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 45
Peaks: 21
  • Centennial Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Signal Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Players Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lake Strini: 14.3 mi
  • Rain Garden Springs: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 4. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 269°259 m11.8 mi
Mount HoyWNW 292°255 m18.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 20°204 m21.3 mi
Players HillNNE 23°187 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/216897100

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