Quad City Botanical Center
Quad City Botanical Center is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Army Ridge Bluffs stands 203 m to the southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Armstrong, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Great River Road runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 21.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oculus · 3 mi
- Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook · 4 mi
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Webber Park: 0.5 mi
- Schwiebert Riverfront Park: 0.5 mi
- Mississippi River Visitor Center: 0.5 mi
- Gabe and Lee Barber Park: 0.7 mi
- Bechtel Park: 0.8 mi
- City Line Ravine: 2.3 mi
- Thirty-First Avenue Park: 2.8 mi
- Beaver Island: 3.2 mi
- Indian Island: 3.3 mi
- Mirror Lake: 3.9 mi
- Fryxell Geology Museum: 0.9 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 1.2 mi
- German American Heritage Center & Museum: 1.3 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 1.4 mi
- Hose Station No. 4: 1.8 mi
- Fort Armstrong: 0.5 mi
- Dillon Memorial Fountain: 0.9 mi
- Irish Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 1.6 mi
- Camp McClellan: 1.9 mi
- Augie Acres: 0.6 mi
- Heritage Court: 1.4 mi
- Clinic Gardens: 1.5 mi
- East Bluff Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Old World Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Vander Veer Botanical Park: 2.4 mi
- Rock Island County State Fair Grounds: 7.1 mi
- Helium Trampoline Park: 9.7 mi
- Antique Archaeology: 12.8 mi
- Scott County Freedom Rock: 13.0 mi
- Octagon Pistols: 1.0 mi
- Curved Spire: 1.1 mi
- Lady Of Germania: 1.2 mi
- Sculpture Park: 1.7 mi
- "Bling" Rocky Statue: 3.8 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 4.8 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 5.3 mi
- West Lake Park Beach: 6.0 mi
- Buffalo Beach: 9.2 mi
- Buffalo Shores Beach: 10.1 mi
- Morning Sun Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Cedar Hill Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- KrisdalaBaka Rest Area (Eastbound): 22.6 mi
- KrisdalaBaka Rest Area (Westbound): 23.7 mi
- Duck Creek Waterfall: 4.9 mi
- Army Ridge Bluffs: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quad City Botanical Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Ridge Bluffs | SW 220° | 203 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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 | 22 | 27 | 38 | 50 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Island L&D 15, under a mile away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee76 obs
- American White Pelican73 obs
- Monarch59 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel54 obs
- Mallard53 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee48 obs
- white snakeroot39 obs
- Western Honey Bee38 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/461407794
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