- Elevation, modelled
- 251 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Johnson’s Mound273 m · 19.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Highway14.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:33local time
- Coordinates
- 42.0528, -88.1423
Meditation Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled 251 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Golf and Knollwood Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 14 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Meditation Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | SW 229° | 273 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | S 172° | 259 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Hoy | S 187° | 255 m | 15.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 352° | 235 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 95° | 204 m | 22.5 mi |
| Players Hill | ESE 122° | 187 m | 22.8 mi |
- 14.1 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
- 23.0 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 15 mi
- Des Plaines River · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Golf and Knollwood Park: 0.6 mi
- Sheffield Ridge Park: 0.8 mi
- Sheffield Park: 0.9 mi
- Primrose Detention: 1.0 mi
- Liberty Detention Park: 1.0 mi
- Poplar Creek Forest Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Poplar Creek Forest Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Carl R. Hanson Woods: 2.7 mi
- South Barrington Conservancy: 2.8 mi
- Shoe Factory Road Woods: 2.9 mi
- Edwin Frank Children's Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Streamwood Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Streamwood Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Stratford Farms Historic Marker: 3.7 mi
- Motorola Retirees Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Goebbert's Farm & Garden Center of South Barrington: 1.7 mi
- Medieval Times: 3.5 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park: 4.5 mi
- Paintball Explosion: 6.5 mi
- Serpentine: 9.2 mi
- Spruce Trees Nursery: 2.3 mi
- Native Prairie Wildflower Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Bob Link Arboretum: 4.8 mi
- Illinois Heritage Grove: 4.8 mi
- City Hall Raised Garden: 7.4 mi
- Two Steel Dolphins: 3.1 mi
- Frog Statue: 3.6 mi
- Heart of the Basket Maker: 3.7 mi
- Since Ever Since statue: 3.7 mi
- Splash: 3.7 mi
- School House Museum: 3.6 mi
- School District 54 Nature Center: 4.2 mi
- Bartlett Depot Museum: 4.7 mi
- Roselle History Museum: 5.9 mi
- Elgin Public Museum: 6.2 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 9.9 mi
- Indian Trail Beach: 12.9 mi
- Lakeview Beach and Dock: 15.1 mi
- Diamond Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- Main Beach: 16.2 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 5.6 mi
- Mount Hoy: 15.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 15.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 16.6 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 16.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 15.1 mi
- Weston: 16.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 23.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Streamwood, 3 mi away.
- Red-winged Blackbird16 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee15 obs
- American Robin11 obs
- dame's rocket11 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle11 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
- Mourning Dove10 obs
- Mallard10 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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