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Bowen Formal Garden

Bowen Formal Garden from directly overhead

Bowen Formal Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Waukegan History Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
196 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.38611, -87.83111

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Ray Bradbury: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Plaza: 1.9 mi
  • Edison Court Station on the North Shore Line: 2.0 mi
  • Founders Memorial: 2.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 56
  • Waukegan History Museum: 0.1 mi
  • The African American Museum at the England Manor: 1.3 mi
  • Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie: 1.8 mi
  • Platen Press Printing Museum: 3.7 mi
  • National Museum of the American Sailor: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 54
  • Picnic Grove: 5.2 mi
  • Sun Garden: 10.1 mi
  • The Buttery: 10.1 mi
  • Fairie Glen: 10.1 mi
  • Cotswold Commons: 10.2 mi
Artworks: 47
  • Jack Benny Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Traveler: 1.7 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 1.8 mi
  • Finger Sculpture: 1.9 mi
  • Round Entry Door: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 41
  • Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Elawa Farm: 9.2 mi
  • McClure Rain Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Revery Prairie: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 40
  • Waukegan Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Waukegan Municipal Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Illinois Beach State Park: 3.4 mi
  • North Point Marina Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Sunrise Beach: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Leahy Hill: 4.9 mi
  • sled hill: 12.1 mi
  • Bald Knob: 19.2 mi
  • Gander Mountain: 19.9 mi
  • Hill Fifteen: 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Indian Spring: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gander MountainWNW 292°283 m19.9 mi
Hill FifteenWNW 283°276 m24.0 mi
Mount MoriahWNW 293°257 m24.0 mi
Bald KnobW 270°235 m19.2 mi
Leahy HillWNW 303°234 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1519:5020:32
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1815:3716:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636465666727163524029
Precip in1.41.52.23.83.94.43.53.63.63.22.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Waukegan Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.

  • American Herring Gull459 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull423 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel216 obs
  • Mallard132 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird127 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant123 obs
  • Sanderling119 obs
  • Canada Goose95 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/354276586

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