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Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 4

Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 4 from directly overhead

Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 4 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dan Ryan Woods - West Grove 5, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.8 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74004, -87.68117

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Renaissance Park Sculpture: 1.5 mi
  • Thurgood Marshall: 1.8 mi
  • MLK Living Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 2.8 mi
  • Mahalia Jackson: 3.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 1.7 mi
  • Tuskeegee Airmen: 2.1 mi
  • Tanya Safforld: 2.2 mi
  • Darius and Girenas Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • WWII Memorial Fountain: 2.7 mi
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 3.6 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 5.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Gallager: 7.9 mi
  • Castle Car Wash: 8.0 mi
Gardens
  • Englewood Village Plaza: 3.8 mi
  • Stockyard Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Perry Ave Commons: 4.5 mi
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 4.5 mi
  • King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 4.6 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 7.3 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Players Hill: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.1 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dan Ryan Woods - Central Grove 4. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 268°259 m20.5 mi
Mount LieberESE 110°214 m24.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 356°204 m19.6 mi
Chanute HillESE 111°195 m23.0 mi
Players HillNNW 335°187 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/209627269

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