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Bartlett Nature Center

Bartlett Nature Center from directly overhead

Bartlett Nature Center is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is James "Pate" Philip State Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 6.7 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Bartlett Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97830, -88.25672

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bartlett/Dundee Park: 0.9 mi
  • Nature Ridge Elementary Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ann Street Park: 1.9 mi
  • Taly Park: 1.9 mi
  • Pickeral Point Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • City Hall Raised Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Carol Stream Garden Plots: 5.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Sherman Natural Prairie and Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Spruce Trees Nursery: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites
Attractions
  • Paintball Explosion: 7.7 mi
  • Goebbert's Farm & Garden Center of South Barrington: 7.8 mi
  • Steffan's Straight: 9.5 mi
  • Monza Wall: 9.6 mi
  • Serpentine: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 10.8 mi
  • Johnson’s Mound: 11.9 mi
  • Pine Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 9
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bartlett Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundSW 228°273 m11.9 mi
Mounded LandfillSSE 152°259 m19.4 mi
Mount HoySSE 159°255 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:33
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232637486070747265523928
Precip in1.91.72.13.64.74.73.34.53.63.52.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Streamwood, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/400912540

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