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Camp Ground Road Woods Grove #1

Camp Ground Road Woods Grove #1 from directly overhead

Camp Ground Road Woods Grove #1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Campground Road Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Step-free access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02908, -87.87378

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
Museums
  • Kinder House: 1.0 mi
  • Des Plaines History Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 1.1 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 2.4 mi
  • Niles Historical Society: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Statue of Liberty: 1.0 mi
  • Wing: 1.7 mi
  • Donald E. Stephens: 2.4 mi
  • Undercover History: 2.6 mi
  • City Windows: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 8.6 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 9.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Ground Road Woods Grove #1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 207°259 m23.2 mi
Mount HoySW 229°255 m20.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 93°204 m8.6 mi
Players HillSSE 153°187 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3816:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/419499928

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