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Sundown Meadow Picnic Grove 3

Sundown Meadow Picnic Grove 3 from directly overhead

Sundown Meadow Picnic Grove 3 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sundown Meadow Picnic Shelter Grove 2, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.4 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.77024, -87.87175

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Whispering Willow Park: 0.5 mi
  • City Park: 0.7 mi
  • Srejma-Michalek Memorial Tot Lot: 0.7 mi
  • Hodgkins Park: 0.8 mi
  • Finn Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • GoApe Ropes Course: 4.0 mi
  • Mexican Gray Wolf: 4.6 mi
  • Andean Condor: 4.6 mi
  • Kill Site: 4.6 mi
  • Pelican: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 53
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Players Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 11.0 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lake Strini: 14.5 mi
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sundown Meadow Picnic Grove 3. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 256°259 m11.0 mi
Mount HoyWNW 285°255 m16.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 26°204 m19.5 mi
Players HillNE 36°187 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242738516272777567544130
Precip in2.32.02.54.15.04.64.14.53.53.72.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4195718576

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