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Organic Teaching Garden

Organic Teaching Garden from directly overhead

Organic Teaching Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Bald Knob stands 235 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mooney Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 22 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Organic Food Club

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17254, -87.82811

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mooney Park: 0.1 mi
  • Devonshire Park: 0.3 mi
  • Deerspring Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cumnor Court Park: 0.6 mi
  • Deerfield Historic Village: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • The Magic Rock: 0.5 mi
  • Model Railroad Garden: 2.6 mi
  • K1 Speed: 5.7 mi
  • Plant identification trail: 6.1 mi
  • Sugar Shack: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 57
  • Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Millard Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Millard Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Rosewood Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Glencoe Beach: 4.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • sled hill: 2.7 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 12.1 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 12.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNW 307°235 m24.3 mi
Leahy HillNNW 346°234 m18.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreSSE 149°204 m12.1 mi
Players HillS 171°187 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
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 °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 3 mi away.

  • Monarch249 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel55 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee55 obs
  • Black Swallowtail46 obs
  • Western Honey Bee41 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail36 obs
  • American Robin29 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee29 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1186595467

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