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KE18

KE18 from directly overhead

KE18 is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is KE21, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.3 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates41.98249, -87.78373

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Thomas Jefferson Statue: 1.4 mi
  • Edgebrook: 1.4 mi
  • Immaculate Conception: 1.4 mi
  • Angel Gabriel: 1.5 mi
  • St Joseph: 1.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 19
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 4.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 4.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of KE18. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 221°259 m23.1 mi
Mount HoyWSW 243°255 m22.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 55°204 m4.9 mi
Players HillS 174°187 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 8 mi away.

  • lesser celandine438 obs
  • White-tailed Deer234 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle124 obs
  • prairie trillium122 obs
  • mayapple116 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty109 obs
  • white fawnlily104 obs
  • garlic mustard92 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/680259903

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