Oz Garden
Oz Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Buxtom Hill stands 207 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Haynes Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 0.4 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hollis Park District
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 67.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Butler Haynes Park: 0.2 mi
- Tuscarora Park: 2.9 mi
- Southside Business Association Park: 3.5 mi
- Railsplitters Park: 3.7 mi
- Legins-Costley Park: 3.9 mi
- Hollis Park: 1.4 mi
- Raccon Lakes: 1.7 mi
- Hinkle Prairie Natural Heritage Landmark: 4.4 mi
- Manito Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Pekin Native Everett McKinley Dirksen: 4.7 mi
- Sun Tracker: 4.7 mi
- Uranus planet from Lakeview sun: 4.8 mi
- Vanna Whitewall: 9.2 mi
- Books Flying Off the Shelf: 9.6 mi
- Tazewell County Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- 29th U.S. Colored Infantry Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur Park veterans memorial: 7.5 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur monument: 7.8 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur DAR memorial rock: 7.8 mi
- African American Hall of Fame: 9.3 mi
- Pettingill-Morron House: 9.9 mi
- Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum: 12.3 mi
- Tremont History Museum: 12.5 mi
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 13.6 mi
- Beimfohr Arboretum: 0.2 mi
- Old Oz Garden: 0.3 mi
- Skip Snyder Garden: 10.4 mi
- Dayspring Community Park 4-H Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Luthy Botanical Garden: 12.4 mi
- The Mound: 8.8 mi
- Little Mound: 9.5 mi
- Hickory Grove Hill: 10.3 mi
- Hazel's Hill: 10.5 mi
- Tampico Mounds: 19.4 mi
- Riverfront Square: 3.5 mi
- Walnut Grove: 19.3 mi
- Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 21.0 mi
- Sundance: 4.8 mi
- The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center: 10.4 mi
- Luthy Botanical Gardens greenhouse: 12.4 mi
- Civer: 20.7 mi
- Sugarville: 21.2 mi
- Bybee: 24.5 mi
- High Point: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oz Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buxtom Hill | SSE 166° | 207 m | 20.5 mi |
| Tampico Mounds | SW 235° | 175 m | 19.4 mi |
| The Mound | S 188° | 160 m | 8.8 mi |
| Hickory Grove Hill | S 189° | 152 m | 10.3 mi |
| Little Mound | S 186° | 148 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — General Wayne A Downing Intl A, 7 mi away.
- tall bellflower2 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Greater White-fronted Goose1 obs
- Blue Jay1 obs
- Eastern Kingbird1 obs
- Common Watersnake1 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle1 obs
- purple coneflower1 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/11475685223
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