Silver Creek Family Picnic Area
Silver Creek Family Picnic Area is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.5 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 8 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park: 0.1 mi
- Bataan Park: 0.6 mi
- Grotto: 0.6 mi
- Quad: 0.7 mi
- Forest & Augusta Triangle Park: 0.7 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #2: 0.2 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #1: 0.3 mi
- Maywood Grove Grove #1: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Bridge Meadow Grove #1: 0.7 mi
- Evans Field Grove #1: 1.0 mi
- Sistie’s Garden: 0.6 mi
- Sister Benita Newhouse, O.P.: 0.6 mi
- Dominican University: 0.6 mi
- Honor Roll: 0.6 mi
- Underground Railroad Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History: 0.6 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 1.8 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 1.9 mi
- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum: 2.1 mi
- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum: 2.2 mi
- Fred Hampton: 0.9 mi
- Cougar Pride: 1.3 mi
- Shrouded Body: 1.3 mi
- Well: 1.9 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 1.9 mi
- Triton College Botanical Garden: 1.1 mi
- Healing Garden: 2.3 mi
- Greenleaf Garden: 2.7 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 2.8 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 3.0 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 3.6 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 4.4 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 4.5 mi
- Bactrian Camel: 4.5 mi
- Przewalski's Horse: 4.5 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 6.8 mi
- Westman Beach: 8.6 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 10.9 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 10.9 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 11.1 mi
- Hidden Hill: 3.5 mi
- Players Hill: 3.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.9 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 8.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 6.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 16.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 16.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 9.6 mi
- Lake Strini: 22.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Creek Family Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 227° | 259 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 255° | 255 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 38° | 204 m | 10.8 mi |
| Players Hill | ESE 116° | 187 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12173748878
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 4 mi
- Berwyn · 5 mi
- Brookfield · 5 mi
- Cicero · 5 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 7 mi
- La Grange · 7 mi
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