Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens
Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Bunker Hill stands 294 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dancers, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway passes 24 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 24.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sinnissippi Park: 0.3 mi
- Sinnissippi Park and Golf Course: 0.3 mi
- River Front Park: 0.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
- Brown Park: 0.9 mi
- Searls Park Prairie Nature Reserve: 2.7 mi
- Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden: 3.5 mi
- Lockwood Park: 3.8 mi
- Winnebago County Forest Preserve Headquarters: 3.9 mi
- Anna Page Park: 4.9 mi
- Burpee Museum: 0.9 mi
- Discovery Center Museum: 1.0 mi
- Riverfront Museum Park: 1.0 mi
- Rockford Art Museum: 1.0 mi
- Erlander Home Museum: 1.5 mi
- Dancers: 0.0 mi
- Rockmen Guardians: 0.3 mi
- Symbol: 0.5 mi
- Ancient Scholar Bunjinze: 0.9 mi
- Cape Variations: 1.2 mi
- Rockford Women's Suffarage Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Navy Memorial: 1.2 mi
- LZ Peace Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial: 11.5 mi
- The Aviator: 12.2 mi
- Lenny the Cat: 1.6 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House: 2.7 mi
- Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Labyrinth: 3.5 mi
- The Dells: 8.3 mi
- Rose garden: 0.2 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens: 0.8 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 2.0 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Fountain Garden: 3.4 mi
- Lookout Point: 0.4 mi
- Turtle Mound: 1.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 20.3 mi
- Pine Rock: 21.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 21.8 mi
- Belvidere Oasis: 12.5 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 14.2 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 16.1 mi
- Reeds Crossing: 15.0 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 18.0 mi
- Brush Point: 23.9 mi
- Standfield Beach: 3.6 mi
- Olson Beach: 7.5 mi
- Sandstone Wall: 6.7 mi
- White Rock: 16.9 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 0.9 mi
- Ganymede Spring: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | W 263° | 294 m | 21.8 mi |
| Coffman Bluff | WSW 252° | 289 m | 24.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | SW 231° | 281 m | 20.3 mi |
| Devils Backbone | SW 215° | 274 m | 24.9 mi |
| Turtle Mound | WSW 240° | 218 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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, 6 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee493 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee254 obs
- Red-belted Bumble Bee218 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee165 obs
- Monarch137 obs
- Mallard113 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel104 obs
- Canada Goose96 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 node/3055826906
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