- Elevation, modelled
- 203 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Bald Knob235 m · 23.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 6622.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 42.1805, -87.8396
Berkeley Prairie is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled 203 m. Bald Knob stands 235 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cumnor Court Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 23 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Consists of oak woodland, savanna and prairie. Ownership: Lake County Forest Preserve District Dedicated: October 2014 Size: 15.7 Acres Access to this nature preserve is from a two-car parking access pull-off from Ridge Road, Highland Park.
- Operated by
- Lake County Forest Preserves
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Berkeley Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 307° | 235 m | 23.5 mi |
| Leahy Hill | NNW 348° | 234 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 148° | 204 m | 12.8 mi |
| Players Hill | S 170° | 187 m | 21.4 mi |
- 22.6 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cumnor Court Park: 0.2 mi
- Walden Park: 0.3 mi
- Olson Park: 0.4 mi
- John Blumberg Park: 0.5 mi
- Cloverdale Park: 0.5 mi
- Organic Teaching Garden: 0.8 mi
- Rose Garden at Laurel Park: 2.2 mi
- Moraine Township Food Pantry Garden: 2.5 mi
- Schaffner Garden: 3.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
- Hybernia Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Highmoor Park Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Skokie River Woods: 1.3 mi
- The Preserve of Highland Park: 1.5 mi
- Walter E. Heller Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Lions Club: 0.9 mi
- Trail Marker Tree: 1.6 mi
- War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 2.1 mi
- The Francis Stupey Log Cabin: 2.2 mi
- The Magic Rock: 1.1 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 3.4 mi
- K1 Speed: 5.3 mi
- Plant identification trail: 6.4 mi
- Sugar Shack: 6.4 mi
- 23: 1.4 mi
- Cow: 2.2 mi
- Large Narrow Horse: 3.1 mi
- The Sower: 3.4 mi
- Cuddly Lion: 3.4 mi
- Francis Stupey Log Cabin Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 3.6 mi
- Northfield Inn: 3.7 mi
- Wheeling Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- History Center Of Lake Forest- Lake Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
- Turnbull Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 3.9 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 4.2 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1: 4.8 mi
- Forest Way Grove Picnic Shelter: 4.9 mi
- Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 2.7 mi
- Millard Beach: 3.0 mi
- Millard Beach: 3.1 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 3.7 mi
- Forest Park Beach: 5.1 mi
- sled hill: 2.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 12.0 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 12.8 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 15.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 15.9 mi
- Covington Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 15.4 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 24.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 19 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 20 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 21 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 22 mi
- Chicagoland · 22 mi
- Berwyn · 23 mi
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