Fullerton Woods Grove #1
Fullerton Woods Grove #1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fullerton Woods, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fullerton Woods: 0.1 mi
- Jerome Huppert Woods: 0.2 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 0.3 mi
- Evans Field: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Bridge Meadow: 1.0 mi
- Fullerton Woods Family Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Jerome Huppert Woods Grove #1: 0.2 mi
- Evans Field Grove #1: 0.8 mi
- Sunset Bridge Meadow Grove #1: 0.9 mi
- Silver Creek Family Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Trumbull Park: 0.4 mi
- Triton Grounds: 0.5 mi
- Latoria Park: 0.9 mi
- Kathy Torpe Park: 1.1 mi
- Triangle Park: 1.1 mi
- Triton College Botanical Garden: 0.4 mi
- Greenleaf Garden: 3.2 mi
- Healing Garden: 3.5 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 3.5 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 3.9 mi
- Sister Benita Newhouse, O.P.: 1.4 mi
- Sistie’s Garden: 1.4 mi
- Dominican University: 1.4 mi
- Terri Schroeder: 1.5 mi
- Bill’s Tree: 1.6 mi
- Cougar Pride: 2.0 mi
- Shrouded Body: 2.1 mi
- Fred Hampton: 2.4 mi
- Giant Radio Flyer Wagon: 2.5 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 2.9 mi
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History: 2.1 mi
- Casa Italia: 2.7 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 2.7 mi
- Wonder Works Children's Museum: 2.7 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 2.9 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 2.1 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 5.3 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 5.4 mi
- Bactrian Camel: 6.0 mi
- Przewalski's Horse: 6.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 6.9 mi
- Westman Beach: 9.7 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 10.5 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 10.5 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 10.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 2.0 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 2.4 mi
- Players Hill: 4.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 5.9 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 7.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 4.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 16.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 23.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Covington Bluff: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fullerton Woods Grove #1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 223° | 259 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 251° | 255 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 44° | 204 m | 9.7 mi |
| Players Hill | SE 132° | 187 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/419525665
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 5 mi
- Berwyn · 6 mi
- Brookfield · 7 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 7 mi
- Cicero · 7 mi
- La Grange · 8 mi
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