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Dupo Community Garden

Dupo Community Garden from directly overhead

Dupo Community Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Buck Knob stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.4 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates38.51595, -90.20994

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Sugarloaf Township Park: 0.2 mi
  • American Legion Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dupo Main Street Historic Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dupo Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Stoneybrook Park: 1.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens: 54
Nature reserves: 26
Picnic sites: 22
Peaks: 21
  • Oklahoma Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mt Millstadt: 8.0 mi
  • Clarks Mound: 8.7 mi
  • Big Mound (Historical): 8.8 mi
  • Government Hill: 9.2 mi
Springs: 18
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Wise Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 9.4 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 16.3 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck KnobSSW 201°259 m22.7 mi
Frisco HillSW 236°247 m16.1 mi
Antire HillW 270°237 m18.6 mi
Potato HillSSW 196°218 m17.1 mi
Bald HillW 265°205 m22.8 mi
Clarks MoundENE 60°196 m8.7 mi
Turkey HillE 101°185 m17.0 mi
Fox HillNE 40°182 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:4920:29
September equinox06:4918:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313645576675797770584636
Precip in2.72.33.54.64.84.35.03.13.43.03.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Carpenter Bee20 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee10 obs
  • Metallic Sweat Bees8 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee7 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle6 obs
  • Butterweed6 obs
  • Two-spotted Longhorn Bee6 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 way/586413654

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