Sauk Trail Woods Grove 2
Sauk Trail Woods Grove 2 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sauk Trial Woods Grove 1, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.5 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
- Viewing area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sauk Trial Woods Grove 1: 0.1 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 3: 0.3 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods Grove 5: 0.3 mi
- Kings Grove Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 0.9 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.4 mi
- Sauk Trail Woods: 0.2 mi
- King's Grove: 1.0 mi
- Halsted Woods: 1.7 mi
- Joe Orr Woods: 2.2 mi
- Spirit Trail Park: 3.1 mi
- Euclid Park: 0.6 mi
- Jackson Park: 0.6 mi
- Jirtle Park: 0.9 mi
- Hecht Park: 1.0 mi
- Eastgate Park: 1.0 mi
- Indian & Pioneer Campground: 1.1 mi
- Steger Veteran's Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Chicago Heights Veterans' Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Dixie Highway: 5.1 mi
- Camp Thornton: 5.4 mi
- Arche Fountain: 1.3 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 1.3 mi
- Bodark Arc: 4.3 mi
- Illinois Landscape N 5: 4.3 mi
- Windwaves: 4.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.2 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 10.9 mi
- HAST Garden: 11.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 11.4 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 12.0 mi
- Old Zion Museum: 9.2 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 9.2 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 10.6 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 11.1 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 14.2 mi
- Ceadar Lake Beach: 14.2 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 15.8 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 15.8 mi
- Whihala Beach: 15.9 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 15.9 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 2.5 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 5.2 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.9 mi
- The Grainery Building: 10.5 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 10.7 mi
- Big Hill: 6.2 mi
- Sledding Hill: 7.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 10.0 mi
- Arbor Hill: 11.5 mi
- Sled Hill: 13.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Tedens: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sauk Trail Woods Grove 2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | ENE 67° | 214 m | 22.9 mi |
| Chanute Hill | ENE 65° | 195 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3169531927
Day trips start here
- Chicago Heights · 1 mi
- South Suburbs · 5 mi
- Dyer · 7 mi
- Lansing · 8 mi
- Harvey · 9 mi
- Munster · 9 mi
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