Joe Orr Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1
Joe Orr Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe Orr Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 1.1 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 21.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 21 mi
- Viewing area · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Joe Orr Woods: 0.2 mi
- Halsted Woods: 0.7 mi
- Glenwood Woods South: 1.4 mi
- Glenwood Woods North: 2.1 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods: 2.3 mi
- Wacker Park: 0.5 mi
- King Park: 0.9 mi
- Landeen Park: 1.1 mi
- Jones Center Family Play Lot: 1.1 mi
- Alex Lopez Park: 1.1 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 1.1 mi
- Arche Fountain: 1.1 mi
- Bodark Arc: 6.4 mi
- Illinois Landscape N 5: 6.5 mi
- Windwaves: 6.5 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Camp Thornton: 3.0 mi
- Dixie Highway: 3.3 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 3.4 mi
- Steger Veteran's Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 3.1 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 3.5 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.6 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.3 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 10.6 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 6.8 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 8.3 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 8.7 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 9.3 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 11.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.8 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 8.7 mi
- HAST Garden: 8.7 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 9.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.9 mi
- Whihala Beach: 13.5 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 13.5 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 13.6 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 13.6 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sledding Hill: 6.2 mi
- Big Hill: 8.2 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 8.6 mi
- Arbor Hill: 9.9 mi
- Sled Hill: 12.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 4.4 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 11.6 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 11.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Tedens: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joe Orr Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ENE 72° | 214 m | 21.3 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 70° | 195 m | 20.0 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 | 07:14 | 15:40 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/417030929
Day trips start here
- Chicago Heights · 1 mi
- Lansing · 5 mi
- Dyer · 6 mi
- Harvey · 6 mi
- South Suburbs · 6 mi
- Munster · 7 mi
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