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Possum Hollow Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1

Possum Hollow Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 from directly overhead

Possum Hollow Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is La Grange Park Woods Picnic Grove 1, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.0 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.83505, -87.87996

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stone and Monroe Park: 0.5 mi
  • Robin Hood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Poet's Corner: 0.7 mi
  • Mayfair Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hainesworth Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Torin's: 1.0 mi
  • Sally Schulz Memorial Butterfly Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Broadview Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 2.3 mi
Attractions
  • GoApe Ropes Course: 1.6 mi
  • Golden Lion Tamarins: 2.1 mi
  • Saddle Billed Stork: 2.1 mi
  • White Stork: 2.1 mi
  • Red river hog: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Prairie Spirit: 2.1 mi
  • Tree: 2.1 mi
  • Elephant: 2.1 mi
  • Ant Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Tree: 2.1 mi
Beaches: 56
Peaks: 19
  • Players Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Signal Hill: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 14.4 mi
  • Lake Strini: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Possum Hollow Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 235°259 m12.5 mi
Mount HoyW 269°255 m15.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 35°204 m15.8 mi
Players HillENE 64°187 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/419525668

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