High Prairie Trail
High Prairie Trail is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Grove Road Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.6 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Chicago to Ottawa Trail
The story
plaque denoting the location of the High Prairie Trail, a brach of the Chicago to Ottawa Road of the 1830s in Kendall County, Illinois
Wikidata Q120719480, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Inscription
- HIGH PRAIRIE TRAIL BRANCH OF CHICAGO TO OTTAWA ROAD THE MAJOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS COMMERCE ROUTE OF THE 1830'S
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 8.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 17 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grove Road Park: 1.2 mi
- Windsor Ridge Park: 3.0 mi
- Greywall Club Park: 3.2 mi
- Darcy Park: 3.4 mi
- Lakewood Prairie Park: 3.9 mi
- Henneberry Forest Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Waa Kee Sha Park: 6.0 mi
- Pickerill-Pigott Forest Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Richard Young Forest Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Harris Forest Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Smallest Village in U.S. with Armory: 1.9 mi
- A. Richardson Memorial Stone: 7.7 mi
- A. C. Sanders Memorial Stone: 7.7 mi
- Plainfield Tornado Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Time Capsule: 8.4 mi
- Plainfield Historical Society Main Street Museum: 8.9 mi
- Little White School Museum: 9.5 mi
- Fern Dell Museum: 12.2 mi
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum: 13.7 mi
- Slovenian Women's Union and Heritage Museum: 13.7 mi
- Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899: 12.8 mi
- Bear: 13.4 mi
- Bear: 13.4 mi
- Men Digging: 13.4 mi
- Mastodon Statue: 13.4 mi
- Stephanie's Garden: 9.3 mi
- Sunken Garden: 13.4 mi
- Native Wildflower Garden: 13.4 mi
- Lenore's Backyard Garden: 15.9 mi
- Sensory Garden: 15.9 mi
- Heap's Pumpkin Farm: 2.2 mi
- Ellis House and Equestrian Center: 2.2 mi
- Dollinger Family Farm: 10.2 mi
- Farnsworth House: 11.6 mi
- CSX Morris Depot: 13.1 mi
- Tall Oaks Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Fox View Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Akin Park Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Olivia's Party Deck: 15.4 mi
- Stand Alone Fireplace: 18.4 mi
- Maramech Hill: 12.0 mi
- Rotary Hill: 18.4 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 18.9 mi
- Mount Hoy: 21.6 mi
- Johnson’s Mound: 22.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 20.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 20.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.6 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 11.2 mi
- Holderman Hill: 16.6 mi
- Michigan Beach: 14.9 mi
- Centennial Beach: 18.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of High Prairie Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | N 349° | 273 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | NE 47° | 259 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NNE 23° | 255 m | 21.6 mi |
| Maramech Hill | WNW 303° | 196 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Channahon Dresden ISL DAM, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11037917656
Day trips start here
- Joliet · 11 mi
- Aurora · 15 mi
- Bolingbrook · 17 mi
- Naperville · 17 mi
- Lemont · 21 mi
- Woodridge · 21 mi
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