Museum of the Grand Prairie
Museum of the Grand Prairie is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Blue Mound stands 228 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Maybery Gelvin Botanical Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Museum of the Grand Prairie is a museum situated in the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve in the village of Mahomet, Illinois. The museum is accredited through the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and has been since 1972. The Museum was formerly known as The Early American Museum but the name was changed to The Museum of the Grand Prairie.
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Wikidata Q22059017, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Champaign County Forest Preserve District
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dowell Park: 0.7 mi
- Brooks-Warfield Park: 0.9 mi
- Thirteen Acres Park: 1.1 mi
- Barber Park: 1.2 mi
- Bridle Leash Park: 1.4 mi
- Prairie Grid: 7.8 mi
- AISC Steel Teaching Sculpture: 8.0 mi
- Hippos: 9.3 mi
- Monumental Fun Time: 9.4 mi
- Just Relax: 9.5 mi
- Maybery Gelvin Botanical Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sugar Doll Grove: 7.7 mi
- Lindsay New American Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Queen Anne Memorial Garden: 9.6 mi
- Capron Memorial Sculpture Garden: 9.8 mi
- Buffalo Trace Prairie: 0.4 mi
- River Bend Forest Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Oxbow Ridge at River Bend Forest Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Busey Woods: 10.9 mi
- Brownfield Woods: 12.7 mi
- Champaign County Worker's Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes: 7.9 mi
- The American's Creed: 9.8 mi
- Fire and Police Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Senior Memorial: 10.8 mi
- The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music: 11.1 mi
- Anita Purves Nature Center: 11.1 mi
- Krannert Art Museum: 11.2 mi
- Carl R. Woese Museum: 11.3 mi
- Spurlock Museum: 11.4 mi
- American Football House: 11.5 mi
- Experimental Round Barns: 11.8 mi
- Music Barn: 19.3 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 19.5 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Westbound: 15.3 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.6 mi
- Illini Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 19.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 12.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 15.0 mi
- The Oasis: 9.3 mi
- Kumler: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of the Grand Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SSW 196° | 228 m | 12.5 mi |
| Blue Mound | E 96° | 214 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Champaign 9 SW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/548425343
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