Rubio Woods Picnic Grove 4
Rubio Woods Picnic Grove 4 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rubio Woods Picnic Grove 1, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 9.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 11 mi
- Viewing area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bachelor's Grove Woods: 0.9 mi
- Tinley Creek Woods: 1.3 mi
- Sundrop Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Paintbrush Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Dropseed Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Walker Park: 0.9 mi
- Chicago Gaelic Park: 1.0 mi
- Convent Park: 1.1 mi
- Walsh-Westgate Park: 1.1 mi
- Camp Sullivan: 1.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 3.0 mi
- Palos Park Veteran's Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Centennial Monument: 4.2 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 4.3 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 5.9 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 7.6 mi
- Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 9.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.6 mi
- Englewood Village Plaza: 12.2 mi
- Comer Family Reading Garden: 12.3 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 7.2 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 7.3 mi
- John Paul II: 8.6 mi
- Prairie Boat: 9.1 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 9.7 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 7.3 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 9.9 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 10.4 mi
- The Grainery Building: 10.4 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 11.3 mi
- Munson Beach: 13.4 mi
- Calumet Beach: 13.5 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 13.8 mi
- Arthur Ashe Beach: 13.9 mi
- South Shore Beach: 14.0 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 2.3 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.8 mi
- Signal Hill: 10.7 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 13.9 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 15.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 12.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 25.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 9.5 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 16.9 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 17.0 mi
- Lake Strini: 17.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 24.6 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 5.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rubio Woods Picnic Grove 4. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WNW 292° | 259 m | 17.3 mi |
| Players Hill | N 360° | 187 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3857049812
Day trips start here
- Crestwood · 1 mi
- Midlothian · 2 mi
- Oak Forest · 2 mi
- Alsip · 3 mi
- Palos Heights · 3 mi
- Blue Island · 5 mi
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