Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Gift of Hope Donor Memorial Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.5 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 59.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Southwind Park: 0.2 mi
- Southern View Community Park: 1.3 mi
- Jack McDonald Village Park: 1.5 mi
- Paul A. Barker Park: 1.7 mi
- Wildlife Sanctuary Park: 2.5 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 3.8 mi
- Washington Park: 4.1 mi
- Angel of Hope: 4.2 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 4.2 mi
- Window's Edge: 1.8 mi
- Impermanent Column: 1.9 mi
- Dodger: 1.9 mi
- The Colonnade: 2.0 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 3.0 mi
- Trutter Museum: 2.4 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 3.3 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 4.3 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 4.4 mi
- Kidzeum of Health and Science: 4.6 mi
- Gift of Hope Donor Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Tranquility Garden: 0.2 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sensory Garden: 0.2 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 0.1 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 0.1 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 2.5 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 4.5 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 6.9 mi
- Wanless Park: 4.6 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 9.0 mi
- Gurgens Park: 9.2 mi
- Carpenter Park: 9.3 mi
- Cotton Hill: 5.7 mi
- Walnut Hill: 17.8 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 18.5 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 22.1 mi
- Iron Spring: 4.1 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Gurney: 23.9 mi
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 26° | 221 m | 22.1 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 19° | 197 m | 17.8 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SE 131° | 186 m | 5.7 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 75° | 183 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:55 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 31 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield #2, 5 mi away.
- Mallard14 obs
- Butterweed10 obs
- Amur honeysuckle9 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- Canada Goose7 obs
- eastern white pine7 obs
- white clover7 obs
- Cassin's 13-Year Cicada7 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/689760430
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