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Community Gardens at Prairie Green

Community Gardens at Prairie Green from directly overhead

Community Gardens at Prairie Green is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west-southwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Breen Park South Soccer Fields, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.9 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Geneva Park District
Getting there

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Coordinates41.89613, -88.36048

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Breen Park South Soccer Fields: 0.2 mi
  • Don Forni Park: 0.6 mi
  • Frank K. Burgess Park: 0.7 mi
  • Kay Lovett Park: 0.9 mi
  • Harvest Hills Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
  • Peck Farm: 1.8 mi
  • Garfield Farm Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Garfield Farm Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Geneva Historical Society: 2.8 mi
  • Saint Charles History Museum: 2.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 60
  • Carol Stream Garden Plots: 10.2 mi
  • City Hall Raised Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Octagon Garden Southeast: 11.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Idea Garden: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 9.1 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 12.0 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 12.2 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 12.2 mi
  • Jelkes Creek Bird Sanctuary: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Blackberry Carousel: 9.2 mi
  • St. James Farm Preserve: 11.0 mi
  • Sycamore Speedway: 12.7 mi
  • Paintball Explosion: 14.3 mi
  • Monza Wall: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Johnson’s Mound: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 10.3 mi
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Rotary Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Pine Hill: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundWSW 238°273 m4.2 mi
Mounded LandfillSE 128°259 m18.5 mi
Mount HoyESE 115°255 m10.3 mi
Maramech HillSSW 208°196 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232738496070747265523928
Precip in1.31.22.03.44.33.63.63.83.03.02.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago W Chicago Dupage AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Toad39 obs
  • bloodroot33 obs
  • Monarch26 obs
  • rattlesnake master25 obs
  • marsh marigold24 obs
  • Canadian lousewort23 obs
  • butterfly milkweed21 obs
  • compass plant20 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1066288080

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