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Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2

Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2 from directly overhead

Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Grove 3, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.7 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.81221, -87.80392

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Forest View Park: 0.5 mi
  • O'Reilly Park: 0.6 mi
  • Haley Park: 0.7 mi
  • Amelia Park: 0.8 mi
  • Stars & Stripes Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Emu: 1.9 mi
  • Bennet's Wallaby: 1.9 mi
  • Reindeer: 1.9 mi
  • Red Panda: 1.9 mi
  • Alpaca: 1.9 mi
Gardens
  • Family Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Kesman Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Lincoln School Garden: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 56
Peaks: 19
  • Players Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 8.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Lake Strini: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ottawa Trail Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 248°259 m15.2 mi
Mount HoyW 274°255 m19.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 19°204 m15.4 mi
Players HillNNE 23°187 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/419525667

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