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Tinley Creek Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1

Tinley Creek Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 from directly overhead

Tinley Creek Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinley Creek Woods, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.63466, -87.79265

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camp Sullivan: 0.7 mi
  • Newberry Park: 1.0 mi
  • Tinley Creek Bike Path: 1.3 mi
  • Walsh-Westgate Park: 1.3 mi
  • Ishnala Woods Park: 1.4 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Palos Park Veteran's Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Centennial Monument: 3.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Site of Robbins Airport: 4.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • John Paul II: 8.1 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 8.4 mi
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 8.5 mi
  • Yugo Griffin: 9.0 mi
  • Mamie Till-Mobley: 9.9 mi
Attractions
  • Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 8.2 mi
  • The Grainery Building: 9.8 mi
  • The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 10.0 mi
  • Chinese House of Park Forest: 10.4 mi
  • Schmuhl School: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 23
Peaks: 20
  • Belly Button Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Signal Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lake Strini: 15.8 mi
  • Rain Garden Springs: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWNW 294°259 m16.2 mi
Mount HoyNW 304°255 m24.2 mi
Players HillN 4°187 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:25

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/382503584

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