Dixmoor Playfield Picnic Shelter Grove 1
Dixmoor Playfield Picnic Shelter Grove 1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Briggs-Ellis Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 8.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Briggs-Ellis Park: 0.6 mi
- Ashland Park: 1.1 mi
- Calumet Park: 1.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Harmon Park: 1.4 mi
- Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 2.6 mi
- Former Lincoln School Entrance: 2.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 2.8 mi
- WWI War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Whistler Woods: 1.9 mi
- Markham Prairie - East Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Park No. 595: 2.3 mi
- Gensburg - Markham Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Sundrop Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 2.1 mi
- Prairie Boat: 3.7 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.0 mi
- Renaissance Park Sculpture: 8.0 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 8.2 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 2.6 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 4.7 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 5.3 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 5.7 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 3.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.3 mi
- HAST Garden: 7.2 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 8.1 mi
- South Chicago Farm: 9.0 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 4.8 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 5.2 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.2 mi
- Al Capone's House: 9.0 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 9.1 mi
- Munson Beach: 8.6 mi
- Calumet Beach: 8.7 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 8.8 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 8.9 mi
- Whihala Beach: 9.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 3.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 11.0 mi
- Sledding Hill: 11.2 mi
- Arbor Hill: 12.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 14.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 5.0 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 17.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 18.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 16.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
- Lake Strini: 22.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 24.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- Tedens: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dixmoor Playfield Picnic Shelter Grove 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 287° | 259 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Lieber | E 93° | 214 m | 21.8 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 93° | 195 m | 20.4 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 342° | 187 m | 17.5 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 | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/220292066
Day trips start here
- Blue Island · 2 mi
- Harvey · 2 mi
- Midlothian · 3 mi
- Alsip · 4 mi
- Crestwood · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southwest Side · 5 mi
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