- Elevation, modelled
- 189 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mounded Landfill259 m · 13.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 661.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8146, -87.8453
Fairy Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled 189 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ehlert Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fairy Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 244° | 259 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 274° | 255 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 26° | 204 m | 16.1 mi |
| Players Hill | NE 43° | 187 m | 5.8 mi |
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 21.2 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 2 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ehlert Park: 0.3 mi
- Maple South Park: 0.5 mi
- Madison Park: 0.5 mi
- Creekside Park: 0.6 mi
- Red Oak Park: 0.6 mi
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument: 0.3 mi
- Cannon Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Baboon Island: 1.3 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Fountain Marker: 1.4 mi
- Showmen's Rest: 2.8 mi
- Kesman Garden: 0.3 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 0.8 mi
- Family Garden: 1.3 mi
- Torin's: 2.4 mi
- Broadview Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Prairie Spirit: 0.5 mi
- Bicentennial Liberty Bell: 0.6 mi
- Lion: 1.3 mi
- Lion: 1.3 mi
- Frog: 1.3 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 0.6 mi
- La Grange Area Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum: 1.6 mi
- Riverside Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
- Ekdahl House Museum: 2.7 mi
- Plank Road Meadow: 0.8 mi
- McCormick Woods Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Brookfield Woods Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Cermak Woods: 1.8 mi
- Stoney Ford Woods: 1.8 mi
- Andean Condor: 1.2 mi
- Mexican Gray Wolf: 1.2 mi
- Pelican: 1.3 mi
- Bald Eagle: 1.3 mi
- Kill Site: 1.3 mi
- Beer Garden: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Areas - East: 1.5 mi
- Safari Picnics North: 1.5 mi
- Brookfield Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.5 mi
- Cermak Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.8 mi
- Westman Beach: 5.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 9.7 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 12.4 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 12.7 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 12.8 mi
- Players Hill: 5.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.6 mi
- Hidden Hill: 9.4 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 9.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 11.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 12.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 17.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 20.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 5 mi away.
- American Robin236 obs
- Canada Goose213 obs
- White-tailed Deer210 obs
- Monarch201 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel192 obs
- Northern Cardinal162 obs
- Mallard159 obs
- House Sparrow145 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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- Brookfield · 1 mi
- La Grange · 1 mi
- Western Springs · 1 mi
- Berwyn · 3 mi
- Hinsdale · 4 mi
- Oak Brook · 4 mi
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