Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3
Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.6 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 7.8 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 0.1 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 0.1 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 1: 0.2 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 5: 2.9 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 4: 2.9 mi
- Camp Shabbona Woods: 0.2 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Wentworth Prairie: 1.0 mi
- Wentworth Woods: 1.5 mi
- Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
- HAST Garden: 1.9 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 4.0 mi
- Formal Garden: 6.5 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 0.5 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 5.6 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 6.0 mi
- Mascot Hall of Fame: 6.3 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 0.7 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 1.9 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 5.2 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 6.6 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 9.7 mi
- Commisioners Park: 1.1 mi
- Riverfront Park: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.3 mi
- Finneran Park: 1.5 mi
- Pulaski Park: 1.5 mi
- Casimir Pulaski: 1.5 mi
- Benjamin Harrison: 1.8 mi
- Lincoln Funeral Train Historic Marker: 2.0 mi
- Small Stone Henge Monument: 2.5 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 2.6 mi
- Prairie Boat: 3.7 mi
- United We Stand: 3.9 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 5.3 mi
- Flick Statue: 5.4 mi
- Pride Of East Side: 7.6 mi
- Whihala Beach: 6.4 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 6.5 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 6.9 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 7.0 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 7.3 mi
- Sledding Hill: 6.5 mi
- Arbor Hill: 6.8 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 9.0 mi
- Sled Hill: 10.4 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 12.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 2.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 18.6 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 18.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Tedens: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 87° | 214 m | 16.4 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 87° | 195 m | 15.0 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 330° | 187 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4178839266
Day trips start here
- Hammond · 3 mi
- Lansing · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 5 mi
- East Chicago · 5 mi
- Harvey · 5 mi
- Munster · 5 mi
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