Pioneer Woods
Pioneer Woods is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Crooked Creek Woods Picnic Grove 1, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.7 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 6 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 25 mi
- Viewing area · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 0.9 mi
- Sagawau Environmental Learning Center: 3.0 mi
- Willow Springs Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Flagg Creek Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- National Shrine Museum of St. Thesese: 6.1 mi
- Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Swallow Cliff Woods North: 1.2 mi
- Palos Fen Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Palos Preserves: 1.6 mi
- Swallow Cliff Woods South: 1.7 mi
- Swallow Cliff Woods: 1.2 mi
- Aspen Park: 1.9 mi
- Volunteer Park: 1.9 mi
- McClaughrey Park: 1.9 mi
- Loveland Park: 2.1 mi
- Piotr Przeslica: 1.3 mi
- Reggie Leslie: 1.3 mi
- Pulaski Woods: 1.5 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Plot M: 2.2 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Site A: 2.2 mi
- Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Peirce Park Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Kesman Garden: 7.9 mi
- Fairy Garden: 8.2 mi
- Torin's: 8.7 mi
- John Paul II: 3.0 mi
- Walking Stick: 5.4 mi
- Jet Era: 5.5 mi
- Sister 2: 5.5 mi
- Unknown: 5.5 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 5.6 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 8.8 mi
- Andean Condor: 9.4 mi
- Pelican: 9.4 mi
- Mexican Gray Wolf: 9.4 mi
- Westman Beach: 9.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 15.7 mi
- Michigan Beach: 16.0 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 16.3 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 16.3 mi
- Centennial Hill: 3.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 4.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 9.0 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 11.0 mi
- Players Hill: 13.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 5.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 6.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 16.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 21.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 21.9 mi
- Lake Strini: 12.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 22.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 1.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pioneer Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 282° | 259 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WNW 300° | 255 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 20° | 204 m | 24.0 mi |
| Players Hill | NNE 23° | 187 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/970250551
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