Heritage Gardens
Heritage Gardens is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Bald Hill stands 281 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Midway Village Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 24 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Midway Village Museum
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Guilford Center Park: 1.0 mi
- Hunter Park: 1.3 mi
- Brookview School Park: 1.8 mi
- Aldeen Park: 2.0 mi
- Alpine Park: 2.5 mi
- Former Elliot Golf Course: 1.9 mi
- Beaver Bluff Conservation Area: 3.2 mi
- Ipson Road Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
- Glenn Green Park: 3.6 mi
- McKiski Forest Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Midway Village Museum: 0.1 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House: 2.5 mi
- Burpee Museum: 5.3 mi
- Discovery Center Museum: 5.3 mi
- Riverfront Museum Park: 5.4 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House: 2.5 mi
- Labyrinth: 2.5 mi
- The Farmette Grangette: 4.1 mi
- Lenny the Cat: 5.8 mi
- Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens: 7.0 mi
- LZ Peace Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Rockford Women's Suffarage Plaza: 4.9 mi
- Navy Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial: 7.0 mi
- The Aviator: 8.1 mi
- Harmony Atlas: 2.5 mi
- Ancient Scholar Bunjinze: 3.8 mi
- Ingrid Dohm Studio: 4.1 mi
- Symbol: 4.1 mi
- Dancers: 4.4 mi
- Womanspace Gardens & Labyrinth: 2.6 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 2.7 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Rose garden: 4.3 mi
- Lookout Point: 4.0 mi
- Turtle Mound: 5.5 mi
- Pine Rock: 23.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 23.8 mi
- Reeds Crossing: 10.9 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 16.1 mi
- Brush Point: 21.0 mi
- Coltonville: 24.8 mi
- Belvidere Oasis: 8.3 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 13.9 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 15.7 mi
- Olson Beach: 5.2 mi
- Standfield Beach: 7.8 mi
- Sandstone Wall: 7.6 mi
- White Rock: 18.5 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 3.8 mi
- Ganymede Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heritage Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | WSW 238° | 281 m | 23.8 mi |
| Turtle Mound | W 266° | 218 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockford GTR Rockford AP, 8 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee54 obs
- Northern Cardinal53 obs
- Canada Goose49 obs
- American Robin49 obs
- American Goldfinch47 obs
- House Finch43 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird40 obs
- Wild Turkey39 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/301565304
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