UIS Greenhouse
UIS Greenhouse is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Colonnade, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.5 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 60.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Paul A. Barker Park: 0.8 mi
- A Living Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Beach Park: 1.4 mi
- Center Park: 1.5 mi
- Marine Point Park: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails: 2.3 mi
- Illinois State Police Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Elijah Iles House: 4.9 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 4.9 mi
- The Colonnade: 0.1 mi
- Dodger: 0.2 mi
- Impermanent Column: 0.3 mi
- Window's Edge: 0.3 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 3.7 mi
- Trutter Museum: 0.7 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 3.8 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 5.0 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 5.2 mi
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office: 5.2 mi
- Memory Garden: 1.1 mi
- Laketown Serenity Garden: 1.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.0 mi
- Honor Guard Formal Garden: 2.0 mi
- Gift of Hope Donor Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 2.1 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 2.1 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 4.2 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 5.0 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 7.3 mi
- Wanless Park: 2.8 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 9.2 mi
- Carpenter Park: 9.5 mi
- Gurgens Park: 9.7 mi
- Cotton Hill: 4.1 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 16.7 mi
- Walnut Hill: 17.6 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 21.6 mi
- Iron Spring: 5.3 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of UIS Greenhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 21° | 221 m | 21.6 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 12° | 197 m | 17.6 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SE 146° | 186 m | 4.1 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 72° | 183 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:55 | 16:38 |
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 | 31 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield #2, 6 mi away.
- Mallard48 obs
- Canada Goose48 obs
- Ring-billed Gull46 obs
- American White Pelican38 obs
- Great Blue Heron34 obs
- White-tailed Deer30 obs
- American Herring Gull29 obs
- American Coot28 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/3214252196
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- Petersburg · 23 mi
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