Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens is an attraction in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 233 m. Bunker Hill stands 294 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fountain Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 22 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden (155 acres (63 ha)) is a nonprofit arboretum and botanical garden located at 2715 South Main Street, Rockford, Illinois. The arboretum was established in 1910 as Rockford Nursery by landscape architect William Lincoln Taylor, who planted many of the arboretum's trees. The Klehm family purchased the nursery in 1968 and maintained it until 1985, when they donated the property to the Winnebago County Forest Preserve District as an arboretum. In the early 1990s, the site was inventoried, a master plan developed, and a capital campaign undertaken. Garden plantings began in 1994. The arboretum includes a pre-settlement Bur Oak grove (5 ha / 12 acres) whose largest trees are estimated to be over 300 years old. It also includes over 50 species and cultivars of Conifers, representing nine groups from North America, Europe, and Asia, such as Firs, Junipers, Spruces, Pines, Douglas Fir, Yews, Arborvitae, Hemlock, Nikko Firs, Meyer's Spruce, Common Juniper, Arborvitae, and the Threadleaf Sawara Falsecypress. The European collection includes mature Norway Maple, Field Maple, Pedunculate Oak, English elm, European beech, Common Horsechestnut, Mountain Pine and Scots Pine, as well as European Larch, European Hornbeam and Spindle Tree. The East Asian collection includes Cork Trees, Japanese Red and White Magnolia, Flowering Quince, and various Honeysuckles. The Northern America collection includes American Beech, Yellow Buckeye, Cucumbertree Magnolia, Tulip Tree, Ponderosa Pine, Colorado Spruce, and Douglas Fir. Other woody plants include Basswood, Red Buckeye, Black Cherry, American Chestnut, Dogwood, Fringe Tree, Hackberry, Hemiptelea, Japanese Pagoda Tree, Shagbark Hickory, Umbrella Magnolia, Scarlet Oak, White Oak, Redbud, Carolina Silverbell, Sourwood, sweetgum, Viburnum, Black Walnut, and Wisteria. The gardens include a Butterfly Garden, Daylily Garden, multiple Demonstration Gardens, Fountain Garden, Grass Garden, Hosta Garden, the Nancy Olson Children's Garden, the Ethel Johnson Lilac Garden, and a Prehistoric Garden (with Cycads, Baldcypress, Ferns, Ginkgo, Horsetails, Mosses, Bristlecone Pine, and Dawn Redwood).
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Wikidata Q6420109, matched on coordinates and name (30 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 233 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Blackhawk Park: 0.5 mi
- Nelson Boulevard Park: 0.8 mi
- Beyer Stadium Park: 1.0 mi
- Mandeville Park: 1.0 mi
- South Park: 1.1 mi
- Ethnic Heritage Museum: 1.3 mi
- Tinker Swiss Cottage & Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Erlander Home Museum: 1.8 mi
- Riverfront Museum Park: 2.5 mi
- Discovery Center Museum: 2.5 mi
- Giant Basketball Hoop: 1.8 mi
- Iron Determination: 2.0 mi
- Mr. 4th of July Statue: 2.0 mi
- Cape Variations: 2.3 mi
- Rockmen Guardians: 3.1 mi
- Navy Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Rockford Women's Suffarage Plaza: 2.9 mi
- LZ Peace Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Stillman's: 10.1 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 10.9 mi
- Lenny the Cat: 1.9 mi
- The Dells: 5.1 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House: 5.9 mi
- Labyrinth: 6.8 mi
- The Farmette Grangette: 11.0 mi
- Fountain Garden: 0.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 0.2 mi
- Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Rose garden: 3.5 mi
- Turtle Mound: 2.3 mi
- Lookout Point: 3.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 17.0 mi
- Pine Rock: 18.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 19.5 mi
- Belvidere Oasis: 14.2 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 17.3 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 19.2 mi
- Reeds Crossing: 16.3 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 21.4 mi
- Brush Point: 23.7 mi
- Standfield Beach: 1.5 mi
- Olson Beach: 10.8 mi
- Sandstone Wall: 4.9 mi
- White Rock: 13.9 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 4.2 mi
- Ganymede Spring: 18.3 mi
- Valley View Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | W 270° | 294 m | 19.5 mi |
| Coffman Bluff | WSW 257° | 289 m | 21.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | SW 233° | 281 m | 17.0 mi |
| Devils Backbone | SW 215° | 274 m | 21.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 216° | 228 m | 23.4 mi |
| Turtle Mound | NNE 28° | 218 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockford GTR Rockford AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/354155996
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