Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails
Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.4 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Geographical object.
Dates from 1936.
Wikidata Q610145, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 60.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center: 0.2 mi
- Marine Point Park: 0.9 mi
- Cotton Hill Park East: 1.4 mi
- Cotton Hill Park West: 1.6 mi
- Beach Park: 2.1 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Illinois State Police Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Elijah Iles House: 7.2 mi
- Dana Thomas House: 7.2 mi
- Lincoln Campaign Wagon: 7.3 mi
- The Colonnade: 2.4 mi
- Dodger: 2.5 mi
- Impermanent Column: 2.6 mi
- Window's Edge: 2.7 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 6.0 mi
- Trutter Museum: 1.6 mi
- Chatham Railroad Museum: 5.7 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 6.1 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 7.3 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 7.5 mi
- UIS Greenhouse: 2.3 mi
- Memory Garden: 2.5 mi
- Honor Guard Formal Garden: 3.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.8 mi
- Gift of Hope Donor Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
- Wanless Park: 3.7 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 11.4 mi
- Carpenter Park: 11.7 mi
- Gurgens Park: 11.9 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 3.8 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 3.8 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 6.3 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 7.3 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 9.5 mi
- Cotton Hill: 1.9 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 16.7 mi
- Walnut Hill: 19.6 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 23.4 mi
- Long Mound: 24.3 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Northbound: 11.6 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Southbound: 13.1 mi
- Coalfield Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Iron Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lincoln Memorial Garden and Trails. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NNE 17° | 221 m | 23.4 mi |
| Long Mound | E 90° | 206 m | 24.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | E 88° | 205 m | 24.7 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 8° | 197 m | 19.6 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SE 130° | 186 m | 1.9 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ENE 64° | 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 | 20:30 |
| 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 92001016OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/564461934
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- Petersburg · 25 mi
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