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Native Wildflower Garden

Native Wildflower Garden from directly overhead

Native Wildflower Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Phillips Park Mastadon Island Peninsula, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 0.5 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Operated by
Fox Valley Park District
Getting there

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Coordinates41.73601, -88.29714

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Phillips Park Mastadon Island Peninsula: 0.1 mi
  • Phillips Park West Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
  • Phillips Park: 0.2 mi
  • Winter Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
  • Phillips Park Winter Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Mastodon Statue: 0.1 mi
  • Bear: 0.2 mi
  • Bear: 0.2 mi
  • Men Digging: 0.2 mi
  • Cannons: 0.2 mi
Gardens
  • Sunken Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Honor Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Healing Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Lenore's Backyard Garden: 8.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 5.2 mi
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 9.1 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 10.0 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 10.1 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Rotary Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 9.0 mi
  • Johnson’s Mound: 11.1 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 11.3 mi
  • Pine Hill: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 12.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundNW 323°273 m11.1 mi
Mounded LandfillE 92°259 m11.3 mi
Mount HoyNE 42°255 m9.0 mi
Maramech HillWSW 242°196 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232738506170747366534029
Precip in1.91.82.44.14.94.54.23.93.43.72.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron23 obs
  • cutleaf teasel19 obs
  • Great Egret17 obs
  • grey-headed coneflower15 obs
  • Mallard14 obs
  • wild bergamot14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer13 obs
  • Canada Goose12 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/825938227

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