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Willow Springs Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1

Willow Springs Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 from directly overhead

Willow Springs Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Springs Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 2, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72765, -87.87345

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Lions Park: 0.8 mi
  • Willow Park: 0.9 mi
  • Healing Waters Park: 1.0 mi
  • Leisure Garden Park: 1.0 mi
  • White Buffalo Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 6.2 mi
  • GoApe Ropes Course: 6.8 mi
  • Andean Condor: 7.4 mi
  • Mexican Gray Wolf: 7.4 mi
  • Pelican: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 44
Peaks: 20
  • Centennial Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 10.6 mi
  • Players Hill: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lake Strini: 12.9 mi
  • Rain Garden Springs: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 271°259 m10.6 mi
Mount HoyWNW 295°255 m17.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 23°204 m22.2 mi
Players HillNNE 28°187 m11.6 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 solstice07:1615:4016:25

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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/419560781

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