Sunken Garden
Sunken Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Lookout Mountain stands 244 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is All Wars Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 6.2 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook Mark Twain Memorial Bridge · 16 mi
- Victor's Point Roadside Park · 27 mi
- Scenic View · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lynn Deer Park: 0.2 mi
- Bill Klingner Trail: 0.4 mi
- Bob Mays Park: 0.4 mi
- Gardner Park: 0.6 mi
- Berrian Park: 0.7 mi
- All Wars Museum: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum: 1.5 mi
- Quincy Museum: 1.6 mi
- History Museum on the Square: 1.6 mi
- Ag Museum: 3.9 mi
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Govenor John Wood Statue: 1.6 mi
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens "Mark Twain" Statue: 15.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Huck Finn House: 16.8 mi
- College Hill: 14.0 mi
- College Heights: 15.4 mi
- Harrison Hill: 16.1 mi
- Cardiff Hill: 16.5 mi
- Holliday Hill: 16.8 mi
- Mark: 5.6 mi
- Lamb: 14.7 mi
- Hydesburg: 19.5 mi
- Cherry Dell: 23.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 23.8 mi
- Dr. J.W. Well Nature Park: 12.2 mi
- Julian Steyermark Woods Conservation Area: 14.7 mi
- Bay Island Conservation Area: 15.0 mi
- Robert H. Thompson Conservation Area: 23.9 mi
- Illinois Veterans Home Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
- Vermont Street Church Mission Garden: 1.4 mi
- Kristy's Garden: 16.9 mi
- Villa Kathrine: 2.0 mi
- Canton CB&Q Depot: 13.6 mi
- Tom & Huck Statue: 16.8 mi
- Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot: 16.8 mi
- Fall Creek Rest Stop: 12.9 mi
- Park-N-Fish: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunken Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | SSE 161° | 244 m | 23.2 mi |
| Harrison Hill | S 176° | 222 m | 16.1 mi |
| Holliday Hill | S 174° | 214 m | 16.8 mi |
| College Heights | S 178° | 208 m | 15.4 mi |
| Cardiff Hill | S 173° | 202 m | 16.5 mi |
| College Hill | NNW 331° | 184 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 27 | 32 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quincy DAM 21, 4 mi away.
- poison hemlock9 obs
- American tuliptree8 obs
- Ivory Gull7 obs
- Common Watersnake6 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel6 obs
- honey locust6 obs
- ground-ivy6 obs
- great mullein5 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/663640445
Take the scenic way to Sunken Garden.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.