- Elevation, modelled
- 185 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Lieber214 m · 16.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Highway7.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 41.6061, -87.5656
Butterfly Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled 185 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Ridge Nature Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.7 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 88° | 214 m | 16.9 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 87° | 195 m | 15.5 mi |
| Players Hill | NNW 331° | 187 m | 21.3 mi |
- 7.7 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
- 18.8 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 8.0 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 0.0 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 5.5 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 6.3 mi
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall: 6.3 mi
- Camp Shabbona Woods: 0.3 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Wentworth Prairie: 1.3 mi
- Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Wentworth Woods: 2.0 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 1: 0.4 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 0.4 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 0.5 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 0.6 mi
- Wampum Lake Picnic Grove 5: 2.6 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.9 mi
- Gouwens Park: 1.0 mi
- Little Calumet Park: 1.0 mi
- Pacesetter Park: 1.1 mi
- Triangle Park: 1.2 mi
- Casimir Pulaski: 1.9 mi
- Undergoroud Railroad Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Benjamin Harrison: 2.3 mi
- Lincoln Funeral Train Historic Marker: 2.4 mi
- Hoxie Farm / Wampum Lake: 2.8 mi
- HAST Garden: 2.3 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 3.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 6.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.6 mi
- Prairie Boat: 3.4 mi
- United We Stand: 4.3 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 4.9 mi
- Flick Statue: 5.9 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 7.4 mi
- Whihala Beach: 6.6 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 6.7 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 7.0 mi
- Munson Beach: 7.4 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 7.5 mi
- Sledding Hill: 6.7 mi
- Arbor Hill: 7.3 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 8.5 mi
- Sled Hill: 10.8 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 12.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 2.6 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 18.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 18.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Tedens: 21.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 10 mi away.
- sensitive fern70 obs
- Virginia bluebells60 obs
- swamp rose mallow48 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty48 obs
- buttonbush47 obs
- White-tailed Deer46 obs
- Wild Turkey41 obs
- mayapple38 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Lansing · 3 mi
- Hammond · 4 mi
- Harvey · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 5 mi
- Munster · 5 mi
- East Chicago · 6 mi
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