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Anderson Japanese Gardens

Anderson Japanese Gardens from directly overhead

Anderson Japanese Gardens is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Bunker Hill stands 294 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ancient Scholar Bunjinze, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway passes 25 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28972, -89.05821

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • River Front Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sinnissippi Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sinnissippi Park and Golf Course: 0.6 mi
  • Bloom School Park: 0.6 mi
  • Oxford Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 20
Historic sites: 15
Attractions: 15
Gardens: 9
Peaks: 5
  • Lookout Point: 0.5 mi
  • Turtle Mound: 2.0 mi
  • Bald Hill: 21.1 mi
  • Pine Rock: 22.3 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Standfield Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Olson Beach: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Sandstone Wall: 7.2 mi
  • White Rock: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • East Waterfall - O Taki: 0.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ganymede Spring: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Anderson Japanese Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bunker HillW 262°294 m22.5 mi
Bald HillSW 231°281 m21.1 mi
Turtle MoundWSW 237°218 m2.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2315:4216:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222637496070747264523927
Precip in1.61.62.43.74.25.23.84.23.62.62.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockford GTR Rockford AP, 7 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee422 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee219 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee154 obs
  • Monarch128 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee126 obs
  • Mallard94 obs
  • American Goldfinch83 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee62 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/372332723

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